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  • 11suitable occasion — index opportunity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12suitable time — index occasion, opportunity, timeliness Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13suitable — 1580s, from SUIT (Cf. suit) + ABLE (Cf. able). Earlier suit like (1560s); suitly (mid 15c.) …

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  • 14suitable — *fit, meet, proper, appropriate, fitting, apt, happy, felicitous Analogous words: *decorous, decent, seemly, proper, nice: advisable, *expedient, politic: *due, rightful, condign Antonyms: unsuitable: unbecoming …

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  • 15suitable — [adj] appropriate, acceptable advisable, applicable, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, commodious, condign, convenient, copacetic, correct, cut out for*, deserved, due, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, good enough*, handy, happy, in… …

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  • 16suitable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ right or appropriate for a particular person, purpose, or situation. DERIVATIVES suitability noun suitably adverb …

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  • 17suitable — [so͞ot′ə bəl] adj. that suits a given purpose, occasion, condition, propriety, etc.; fitting; appropriate; apt SYN. FIT1 suitability n. suitableness suitably adv …

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  • 18suitable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, prove, seem ▪ make sth ▪ The book s format makes it suitable for self study. ▪ consider sb/sth …

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  • 19suitable — adj. 1) eminently suitable 2) suitable for 3) suitable to + inf. (would it be suitable to discuss this matter at lunch?) * * * [ s(j)uːtəb(ə)l] eminently suitable suitable for suitable to + inf. (would it be suitable to discuss this matter at… …

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  • 20suitable — suit|a|ble W2S2 [ˈsu:təbəl, ˈsju: US ˈsu: ] adj having the right qualities for a particular person, purpose, or situation ≠ ↑unsuitable ▪ We are hoping to find a suitable school. suitable for ▪ The house is not really suitable for a large family …

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