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suit·ing

 (so͞o′tĭng)
n.
Fabric from which suits are made.
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suiting

(ˈsuːtɪŋ; ˈsjuːt-)
n
(Textiles) a fabric used for suits
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Noun1.suiting - a fabric used for suits
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
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Translations

suiting

[ˈsuːtɪŋ] N (Textiles) → tela f para trajes
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

suiting

n (= fabric)Anzugstoff m
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suiting

[ˈsuːtɪŋ] n (material) → tessuto per abiti da uomo
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References in classic literature ?
Nor can the judicious reader be at a greater loss on account of Mrs Bridget Blifil, who, he may be assured, conducted herself through the whole season in which grief is to make its appearance on the outside of the body, with the strictest regard to all the rules of custom and decency, suiting the alterations of her countenance to the several alterations of her habit: for as this changed from weeds to black, from black to grey, from grey to white, so did her countenance change from dismal to sorrowful, from sorrowful to sad, and from sad to serious, till the day came in which she was allowed to return to her former serenity.
"But I can assure you," she added, "that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting HIS fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing.
And, suiting the action to the word, Kennedy took his station, spy-glass in hand, at the forward part of the car.
'By all means, sir,' said Mr Tappertit, suiting the action to the word.
'He can't see me,' returned Arthur, suiting the action to the word,
``To heralds and to minstrels, then, leave thy praise, Sir Knight,'' replied Rowena, ``more suiting for their mouths than for thine own; and tell me which of them shall record in song, or in book of tourney, the memorable conquest of this night, a conquest obtained over an old man, followed by a few timid hinds; and its booty, an unfortunate maiden, transported against her will to the castle of a robber?''
"You grant then that I can, by an act of free choice, move this cup," suiting the action to the word, "this way or that way?"