suited
/ˈsutɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Of the same suit.
verb
simple past and past participle of suit
Example Sentences
- "Particular Forms suited to particular occasions, I have endeavour’d to provide in this Treatise, for general ones, Morning and Evening, you may use these which follow."
- "In saying that London is more suited to me than Birmingham, I mean more suited to me as a missioner; therefore it would absorb my time in mission etc work, while Birmingham does not."
- "It follows a rather tortuous course to avoid the high ground and, from the first, was obviously more suited to be part of a main line than a purely local undertaking."
- "So I heard AM radio. It seemed to me very suited for the road."
- "a three-suited hand"
- "Brunson has ace-king suited in the small blind"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷōr Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi Vulgar Latin *sequere Vulgar Latin *sequita Old French siute Anglo-Norman suitebor. Middle English sute English suit Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English suited From suit + -ed.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsutɪd/
- British English: /ˈsuːtɪd/
Inflected Forms
more suited (comparative)
most suited (superlative)