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suitability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/
Received-Pronunciation: /ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪti/
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Canada, General-American: /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/
Canada, General-American: [ˌsutəˈbɪləɾi]
Canada, General-American: [ˌsuɾəˈbɪləɾi]
Canada, General-American: /ˌsjutəˈbɪləti/
Australian: /ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləti/
Australian: [ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləɾi]
Australian: /ˌsjʉːtəˈbɪləti/
CMU ARPABET: S UW2 T AH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being suitable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

an important requirement is suitability for long trips

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: suitableness

Antonyms: unsuitability

Broader terms: quality

Narrower terms: appropriateness, fitness, fittingness, convenience

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English suit Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English suitability From suit + -ability.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Czech: vhodnost — quality of being suitable
Dutch: geschiktheid — quality of being suitable
German: Eignung — quality of being suitable
German: Brauchbarkeit — quality of being suitable
Greek: καταλληλότητα (katallilótita) — quality of being suitable
Hindi: उपयुक्तता (upyuktatā) — quality of being suitable
Irish: oiriúint — quality of being suitable
Irish: oiriúnacht — quality of being suitable
Malay: kesesuaian — quality of being suitable
Malayalam: അനുയോജ്യത (anuyōjyata) — quality of being suitable
Portuguese: adequabilidade — quality of being suitable
Romanian: potrivire — quality of being suitable
Romanian: adecvabilitate — quality of being suitable
Romanian: aptitudine — quality of being suitable
Spanish: idoneidad — quality of being suitable
Spanish: lo adecuado — quality of being suitable
Ottoman Turkish: طباق (tıbâk) — quality of being suitable

Word forms

Inflections and variants

suitabilities — plural

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: agrosuitability, nonsuitability, serosuitability

Related: suit, suitable

Semantic map

Other relationships

Hypernyms: quality

Hyponyms: appropriateness, fitness, fittingness, convenience

Sources

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Real reading context

Meaning relationships

Examples

Meaning relationships

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