suitability

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suit·a·ble

(so͞o′tə-bəl)

adj.

Appropriate to a purpose or an occasion.

suit′a·bil′i·ty, suit′a·ble·ness n.

suit′a·bly adv.

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Noun

suitability - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose; "an important requirement is suitability for long trips"

suitableness

appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable

fitness, fittingness - the quality of being suitable; "they had to prove their fitness for the position"

convenience - the quality of being useful and convenient; "they offered the convenience of an installment plan"

quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare

unsuitability, unsuitableness, ineptness - the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose

suitability

noun appropriateness, fitness, rightness, aptness information on the suitability of a product for use in the home

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

suitability

noun

The quality or state of being eligible:

eligibility, fitness, qualification, suitableness, worthiness.

Translations

مُلائَمَه، مُطابَقَه

vhodnost

egnethed

Eignung

convenance

rátermettség

hentugleiki

convenienza idoneità

uygunluk

适宜的

suitability

[ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N

1. (= adequacy) [of person, tool] → idoneidad f
criteria for judging an applicant's suitability for a job → criterios para juzgar la idoneidad de un candidato para un trabajo
there is some doubt about the suitability of this house for disabled occupants → existen dudas de que esta casa sea adecuada para personas discapacitadas → existen dudas sobre la idoneidad de esta casa para personas discapacitadas

2. (= fitness) [of clothes] → lo apropiado
I'd question the suitability of wearing low-cut blouses to work → pondría en duda lo apropiado de llevar blusas escotadas al trabajo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

suitability

[ˌsuːtəˈbɪləti] n [product] → aptitude f à l'usage
suitability for sth → aptitude f à qch, Le deuxième critère est l'aptitude à l'usage quotidien.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

suitability

n → Angemessenheit f; (of person for job) → Eignung f; they discussed his suitability as a husband for their daughter → sie diskutierten darüber, ob er sich als Ehemann für ihre Tochter eignete; the suitability of a film for children → ob ein Film für Kinder geeignet ist

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

suitability

[ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n (for job) → idoneità
I doubt the suitability of this book for children → dubito che sia un libro adatto ai bambini

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

suitable

(ˈsuːtəbl) adjective

(negative unsuitable).

1. right or appropriate for a purpose or occasion. I haven't any suitable shoes for the wedding; Those shoes are not suitable for walking in the country; Many people applied for the job but not one of them was suitable.

2. convenient. We must find a suitable day for our meeting.

ˌsuitaˈbility noun

ˈsuitableness noun

ˈsuitably adverb

You're not suitably dressed.

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Neither Bennigsen nor the Emperor was there, but Chernyshev, the Emperor's aide-de-camp, received Bolkonski and informed him that the Emperor, accompanied by General Bennigsen and Marquis Paulucci, had gone a second time that day to inspect the fortifications of the Drissa camp, of the suitability of which serious doubts were beginning to be felt.

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If I were choosing by considerations of suitability alone, I could not have found anything better."

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Richard Salton pointed out with pride to his young companion the suitability of the vehicle for every need of travel.

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"Furthermore," the man whom Trent had addressed as Monty continued, "there arises the question of danger and physical suitability to the situation.

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There is some disparity in your respective years, but in your means and positions there is none; on the contrary, there is a great suitability. Then the question arises, Is this one disparity sufficient to operate as a bar to such a marriage?

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"My dear," she returned, "there's suitability in it--you are so busy, and so neat, and so peculiarly situated altogether that there's suitability in it, and it will come to pass.

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Besides, he gives evidence of great kindness of disposition, much keenness of wit, and as to suitability, M.

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He was, as people said, a man who had had "every advantage." His father was Sillerton Jackson's uncle, his mother a Pennilow of Boston; on each side there was wealth and position, and mutual suitability. Nothing--as Mrs.

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They are actually required for the theory of relativity, if we are to give a philosophical explanation of what is meant by "local time" in that theory The relations of simultaneity and succession are known to us in our own experience; they may be analysable, but that does not affect their suitability for defining perspectives and biographies.

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About the suitability of the English couplet to the drama there has always been difference of critical opinion; but most English readers feel that it too greatly interrupts the flow of the speeches and is not capable of the dignity and power of blank verse.

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His marriage with Sophronia was not a marriage of interest on either side: she had her little fortune, he had his little fortune: they joined their little fortunes: it was a marriage of pure inclination and suitability. Thank you!

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He ask no person, he choose no time of suitability. He say, `I am here.' Behold, in example I grieve my heart out for that so sweet young girl.