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noun
The state or quality of being suitable, adapted or accommodated; suitability
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: fitness, propriety, agreeableness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The result of being suitable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: suitability
Antonyms: unsuitableness
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: appropriateness, fitness, fittingness, convenience
History
Etymology tree English suitable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suitableness From suitable + -ness.
