Suitable

Suit′a-ble

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Adj.

Capable of suiting; fitting; accordant; proper; becoming; agreeable; adapted;

as, ornaments

suitable

to one’s station; language

suitable

for the subject

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Suit′a-ble-ness

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Noun.

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Suit′a-bly

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adv.

Syn. – Proper; fitting; becoming; accordant; agreeable; competent; correspondent; compatible; consonant; congruous; consistent.

Suitable

SUITABLE

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Adj.

Fitting; according with; agreeable to; proper; becoming; as ornaments suitable to one's character and station; language suitable to the subject.

1.

Adequate. We cannot make suitable returns for divine mercies.

suitable

English

Adjective

suitable ‎(comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)

Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

Translations

appropriate to a certain occasion

Bulgarian: подходящ (bg) ‎(podhodjašt)
Catalan: apropiat
Chinese:
Mandarin: 合適 (zh), 合适 (zh) ‎(héshì), 適當 (zh), 适当 (zh) ‎(shìdàng)
Czech: vhodný (cs) m, vyhovující m
Dutch: geschikt (nl), passend (nl)
Esperanto: konvena, taŭga
Finnish: sopiva (fi), kelvollinen (fi)
French: approprié (fr), convenable (fr), opportun (fr)
German: geeignet (de)
Greek: κατάλληλος (el) m ‎(katállilos)
Hebrew: ראוי ‎(ra'uy), מתאים ‎(mat'im), הולם ‎(holem)
Hungarian: megfelelő (hu), illő (hu)
Italian: adatto (it), idoneo (it) m, rispondente (it) m, confacente m, indicato (it), appropriato (it), giusto (it)
Japanese: 適切な (ja) ‎(てきせつな, tekisetsu-na), 相応しい (ja) ‎(ふさわしい, fusawashii)

Latvian: piemērots, atbilstošs, piederīgs
Manx: cooie
Portuguese: apropriado (pt) m, favorável (pt)
Romanian: adecvat (ro) m, n, convenabil (ro) m, n, potrivit (ro) m, n, nimerit (ro) m, n
Russian: подходя́щий (ru) ‎(podxodjáščij), го́дный (ru) ‎(gódnyj), приго́дный (ru) ‎(prigódnyj), примени́мый (ru) ‎(primenímyj), соотве́тствующий (ru) ‎(sootvétstvujuščij)
Scottish Gaelic: freagarrach, iomchaidh
Slovene: ustrézen (sl)
Spanish: apropiado (es), indicado (es)
Swedish: lämplig (sv)
Tagalog: hiyang, kahiyang
Telugu: తగిన (te) ‎(tagina), యుక్తమైన (te) ‎(yuktamaina)
Turkish: uygun (tr)

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suitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
suitable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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