Oh My Word!!Suit, Suite

Oh My Word!!Suit, Suite
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You often see people wearing suits and emerging from suites probably smelling sweet! Suit is pronounced as soot. What is a suite, then? Suit, pronunciation: sewt or soot, is a noun meaning a set of outer garments (trousers and coat for men or skirt and coat for women), a costume, a set of garments, a claim in court such as a lawsuit or criminal suit filed by someone against somebody or something, or a set of playing cards bearing the same mark.

You often see people wearing suits and emerging from suites probably smelling sweet! Suit is pronounced as soot. What is a suite, then? Suit, pronunciation: sewt or soot, is a noun meaning a set of outer garments (trousers and coat for men or skirt and coat for women), a costume, a set of garments, a claim in court such as a lawsuit or criminal suit filed by someone against somebody or something, or a set of playing cards bearing the same mark.

What makes a suit: jacket or coat, trousers or skirt and could also include a waistcoat. A set of (in combination) clothes for an occupation: playsuit, swimsuit, and others. BioSuit is a next-generation space suit designed by a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.
As the verb suit means going well with a person’s figure, feature, etc to make one look smart or impressive; meeting the demands or requirements of ( the dinner will not suit all tastes), making fitting or appropriate (The attire suited to his style to his audience) As an adjective it means appropriate or fitting well such as: She is not suited to the job because she is not qualified.
Suit oneself means to do as one chooses, find something that satisfies one. Derivatives of suit are suited, suitably, suiting and suits. Suite is pronounced as sweet.
As a noun it refers to a set of things belonging together: a set of rooms in a hotel usually with attendants; a set of things such as sofa and armchairs of the same design; a set of people in attendance, a retinue (French), a musical composition, a staff of attendants. En suite means a set or rooms with an adjoining or attached bathroom and toilet or washroom.
“This letter confirms that the above named journalist / photographer has pre-registered to attend the press conference and photo call, and will be granted access to the Thomas Lord Suite and the Lord’s Cricket Ground’s Outfield (subject to weather conditions).”
–Media Moguls, UK “Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette took us to one of the most anticipated moments of each season’s “journey”: when our hero in search for love invites each of her remaining three suitors to a much-mythologized place known simply as “the fantasy suite”. –The Guardian En suite, pronounced as ahn sweet, has its origins in French, which refers to ‘in sequence’s such as a single unit of bedroom and bathroom – en suite bathroom. Those who are suitably dressed in suits may get suitors!
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