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Meaning of suitable in English

suitable
adjective
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/ˈsuː.tə.bəl/ /ˈsjuː.tə.bəl/ us
/ˈsuː.t̬ə.bəl/
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B1
acceptable or right for someone or something:
The film is not suitable for children.
A conference was planned, but finding a suitable venue proved difficult.
Each room has books, toys, and games that are suitable to that particular age group.
My mother doesn't like me to wear short skirts to church - she doesn't think they're suitable.
Opposite
unsuitable
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suitable
  • suitableThis film contains language that is not suitable for children.
  • appropriateIs this film appropriate for young children?
  • apt"Unusual", yes, that's a very apt description.
  • fittingThe promotion was a fitting reward for all his hard work.
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suitability
suitably
(Definition of suitable from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

suitable | American Dictionary

suitable
adjective
us
/ˈsu·t̬ə·bəl/
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being right or correct for a particular situation or person:
The book is suitable as a text for a course in beginning chemistry.
The movie may not be suitable for very young children.

suitability

noun [ U ] us
/ˌsu·t̬əˈbɪl··t̬i/
(Definition of suitable from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of suitable

suitable
Therefore, this model is suitable for the qualitative description of the indicated regimes.
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We have shown that the analysis by the meshless approach is suitable for objects represented as implicit surface models.
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Consequently, they are suitable for real-time controlling of uncertain robotic manipulators.
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Thinking about language has become symbolic, with clear and non-ambiguous symbols highly suitable for producing symbolic and rule-like reasoning.
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A suitable mechanism with gear trains has been designed for performing the jaw of shoulder and the roll of wrist.
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These lines therefore provide very suitable material for experiments to investigate the role of candidate genes and pathways.
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These lines therefore provide very suitable material to investigate the role of candidate genes and pathways.
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First, only three dimensions of psychosis were considered suitable for inclusion in the self-report scale.
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Clearly, it is vital that suitable designs are available to span the breadth of design possibilities.
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Their first observation is obvious: the building's central portal is larger than all the rest, which made it suitable for processional entry.
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These assumptions hold in many realistic domains and are suitable for a broad class of applications.
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Departments would on longer be responsible for delivering those services identified as suitable for delivery at arm's length.
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The coupling with available ontology and common-sense engines via suitable interfaces is suggestive for this purpose.
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Objectoriented representations are particularly suitable for complex domains in which cases with different structures occur.
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A suitable region would be one where the same kind of normal mode of the many repeat units in a protein dominates the spectrum.
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適宜的，合適的…
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适宜的，合适的…
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conveniente, apropiado, apropiado/da [masculine-feminine…
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adequado, adequado/-da…
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योग्य, एखाद्यासाठी स्वीकार्य किंवा बरोबर…
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ふさわしい, 都合がよい, 適（てき）している…
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approprié/-ée, qui convient à, convenable…
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उपयुक्त, सही…
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passende, som passer for anledningen, (vel)egnet…
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مناسب…
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підхожий, такий, що відповідає…
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vhodný, vyhovující…
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