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SUITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outfitted or supplied with clothing
Example:
recruits suited in green
Classified under:
Similar:
clad; clothed (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Meant or adapted for an occasion or use
Example:
not an appropriate (or fit) time for flippancy
Synonyms:
suitable; suited
Classified under:
Similar:
fit (meeting adequate standards for a purpose)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb suit
Context examples:
The zebrafish is better suited to larger scale gene editing because about 70 percent of zebrafish genes appear to have human counterparts.
(A new role for zebrafish: larger scale gene function studies, NIH)
Another technique used, which more directly measured the flow of the gas, is better suited to studying the outer portion of the disc.
(ALMA Discovers Trio of Infant Planets around Newborn Star, ESO)
These thin, organic films do minimal damage in the brain, and their electrical properties are well-suited for these types of applications.
(Electronic device implanted in the brain could stop seizures, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
That site yielded evidence for an ancient environment with water that would have been well-suited for use by microbes, if Mars had any billions of years ago.
(Aluminum-Bearing Site on Mars Draws NASA Visitor, NASA)
With a nod he vanished into the bedroom, whence he emerged in five minutes tweed-suited and respectable, as of old.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
What is best suited to a person of Mr. Micawber's peculiar temperament is, I am convinced, a certainty.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The collection is particularly well-suited for validation studies of diagnostic and prognostic markers.
(Cooperative Breast Cancer Tissue Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
So in a way it could help reduce imports, because with slower nutrient releases, plants can absorb it by portions more suited to their metabolism, their pace of growth.
(New Brazilian fertilizer can boost productivity, Agência BRASIL)
Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else; so she was always called “Little Red-Cap.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
It is possible that the children who were eventually scanned had more moderate symptoms and, therefore, were better suited to participate in the study.
(Atypical brain development observed in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, National Institutes of Health)
