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suit

 
/sut/ n [C] (CLOTHES)

Definition

a set of clothes made of the same material and usually consisting of a jacket and pants or skirt A suit is also a set of clothes or a piece of clothing to be worn in a particular situation or for a particular activity: a bathing suit slang A suit is also someone in business, esp. when compared with an artist or ordinary worker: The network suits don’t care about the fans who show up at the ballpark.
(Definition of suit n (CLOTHES) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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