Suitable definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it. Employers usually decide within five minutes whether ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'suitable'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× suitable (suːtəbəl ) adjective Someoneorsomethingthatissuitableforaparticularpurposeoroccasionisrightoracceptableforit. Employersusuallydecidewithinfiveminuteswhethersomeoneissuitableforthe job.[+for] Shehadnootherdresssuitablefortheoccasion. Theauthoritymustmakesuitableaccommodationavailabletothefamily. Synonyms:appropriate,right,fitting,fit MoreSynonymsofsuitable suitability(suːtəbɪlɪti )uncountablenoun...informationonthesuitabilityofaproductforuseinthehome.[+of] Synonyms:appropriateness,fitness,rightness,aptness MoreSynonymsofsuitable MoreSynonymsofsuitable COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof suitable Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'suitable' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'suitable' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'CourtofStJames's' HindiTranslationof'suitable' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency suitableinBritishEnglish (ˈsuːtəbəl ,ˈsjuːt- ) adjectiveappropriate;proper;fit CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformssuitability(ˌsuitaˈbility)orsuitableness(ˈsuitableness)noun suitably(ˈsuitably)adverb WordFrequency suitableinAmericanEnglish (ˈsutəbəl ) adjective thatsuitsagivenpurpose,occasion,condition,propriety,etc.;fitting;appropriate;apt SIMILARWORDS: fit Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformssuitability(ˌsuitaˈbility) nounorˈsuitableness suitably(ˈsuitably) adverb WordFrequency suitableinAmericanEnglish (ˈsuːtəbəl) adjectivesuchastosuit;appropriate;fitting;becoming SYNONYMSproper,befitting,seemly,apt.Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Derivedformssuitabilityorsuitablenessnoun suitablyadverb Wordorigin[1505–15;suit+-able] Examplesof'suitable'inasentence suitable TheseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontentthatdoesnotreflecttheopinionsorpoliciesofCollins,oritsparentcompanyHarperCollins. Wewelcomefeedback:reportanexamplesentencetotheCollinsteam.Readmore… Thismightidentifyasuitablefamilytoheadupinternationalefforts.Times,SundayTimes(2006)Thismakestheprojectionsuitablefornavigationcharts.Jilbert,JohnGeographyBasicFacts(1983)Ofcoursefindingsuitableequineaccommodationisonlyonepartofthepackage.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Soweremaininahousethatwouldbeverysuitableforafamily.Times,SundayTimes(2014)Butattemptstofindsuitableaccommodationhavefailed.Times,SundayTimes(2012)Isitsuitableformyhome?Times,SundayTimes(2009)Itsuggestedthatministersshouldproducenewguidancetoensurethatsuitableandavailablebrownfieldlandshouldbeusedbeforegreenfieldsites.Times,SundayTimes(2013)Insuburbanareas,thereareusuallysuitabletreesinnearbygardens.TheSun(2009)Thedetoxlastsfourdaysonaverage,andcanbedoneathomeoranywheresuitable.Times,SundayTimes(2006)Mybusinessclothesaren'tsuitableforwalking.Times,SundayTimes(2008) COBUILDCollocations suitable  suitablealternative suitableclothing suitableconditions suitableemployment suitableland suitablematerial suitablespace suitablevehicle suitablevenue Trendsof suitable Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages suitable BritishEnglish:suitable /ˈsjuːtəbl;ˈsuːt-/ADJECTIVESomeoneorsomethingthatissuitableforaparticularpurposeoroccasionisrightoracceptableforit.Shehadnooutfitsuitablefortheoccasion.AmericanEnglish:suitable /ˈsutəbəl/Arabic:مُلائِم BrazilianPortuguese:apropriado Chinese:合适的 Croatian:prikladan Czech:vhodný Danish:passende Dutch:geschikt EuropeanSpanish:conveniente provechosoFinnish:sopiva French:convenable German:geeignet Greek:αρμόζων Italian:adatto Japanese:適切な Korean:적합한 Norwegian:hensiktsmessig Polish:odpowiedni EuropeanPortuguese:apropriado Romanian:adecvatRussian:подходящий LatinAmericanSpanish:conveniente Swedish:lämplig Thai:เหมาะสม Turkish:uygun Ukrainian:відповіднийVietnamese:phùhợp Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically suitable suitup suitwell suit-dress suitable suitableaccommodation suitablealternative suitablecandidate AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'S' Relatedtermsof suitable suitableland suitablesite suitabledonor suitablespace suitablevenue Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofsuitablefromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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