suitable

suit +‎ -able

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːtəbl/, /ˈsjuːtəbl/

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suitable (comparative more suitable, superlative most suitable)

1. Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
   • 2015 February 23, Rachel Janik, “Texas Teacher Will Donate a Kidney to 6-Year-Old Student”, in Time‎:

     Doctors told Matthew Parker’s family there was only a 1% chance of finding a suitable donor for Matthew because his body had rejected a previous transplant.

• fit for purpose (British)
• up to standard (British)

• unsuitable

• appropriate
• apt
• congruous
• consonant
• corresponding
• eligible
• fit
• meet
• pertinent
• seemly

• suitable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “suitable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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