suitability en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˌsuɾəˈbɪləɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləti/ (Australia)
- /ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌsutəˈbɪləɾi] (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌsjutəˈbɪləti/ (Canada, General-American)
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- /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- [ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləɾi] (Australia)
- /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˌsjʉːtəˈbɪləti/ (Australia)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *sékʷetor Proto-Italic *sekʷōr Vulgar Latin sequor, sequi Vulgar Latin *sequere Vulgar Latin *sequita Old French siute Anglo-Norman suitebor. Middle English sute English suit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom 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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The quality of being suitable.
As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suitabilities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
agrosuitability · nonsuitability · serosuitability
Relateds
Translations (17)
hi उपयुक्तता (quality of being suitable) · el καταλληλότητα (quality of being suitable) · cs vhodnost (quality of being suitable) · de Eignung (quality of being suitable) · ro potrivire (quality of being suitable) · ms kesesuaian (quality of being suitable) · ro adecvabilitate (quality of being suitable) · es idoneidad (quality of being suitable) · ota طباق (quality of being suitable) · ga oiriúnacht (quality of being suitable) · ga oiriúint (quality of being suitable) · ml അനുയോജ്യത (quality of being suitable) · ro aptitudine (quality of being suitable) · de Brauchbarkeit (quality of being suitable) · pt adequabilidade (quality of being suitable) · nl geschiktheid (quality of being suitable) · es lo adecuado (quality of being suitable)