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Is it suitable for or suitable to?

Is it suitable for or suitable to?

To a large extent “suitable to” and “suitable for” are indeed interchangeable, but in the example you give I think I’d use “for.” We seem to use “suitable for” when referring to a person or to an “ing” verb, and “suitable to” when referring to a thing or a “to” verb: The hotel room should be suitable for you.

How do you use suitable in a sentence?

The weather in the hills can change very quickly, so take suitable clothing.

  1. He was just not suitable for the job.
  2. The exercise-with-answer-key format makes the book suitable for self-study.
  3. Some soils are not suitable for farming.
  4. It is a suitable location for a new school.

What is a definition for suitable?

1a : adapted to a use or purpose suitable for kitchen use. b : satisfying propriety : proper suitable dress. c : able, qualified a suitable candidate for the job.

What are the example of suitable?

An example of something that would be described as suitable is a nice outfit for a formal dinner. An example of someone who would be described as suitable is a person who would make a good or acceptable spouse or friend for you. Appropriate to a purpose or an occasion.

How do you use suitable?

Suitable sentence example

  1. This would be suitable with you?
  2. Maybe she has someone more suitable in mind.
  3. People can come together and choose a form of government suitable to them.
  4. Then she would have to buy some clothes suitable for climbing in the hills.

What means suitable time?

What is another word for suitable time?

convenience leisure
whenever freedom
liberty spare moment
spare time one’s own sweet time
free time leisure time

What are suitable articles?

In English there are three articles: a, an, and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.

What is the difference between appropriate and suitable?

3 Answers. In many contexts they are exactly equivalent. However suitable has the meaning of simply being usable for a particular purpose, while appropriate has additional connotations of being non-offensive, of the proper register, etc.

What is suitable in simple words?

(suːtəbəl ) adjective. Someone or something that is suitable for a particular purpose or occasion is right or acceptable for it.

What word means make suitable?

Verb. To make competent or ready. fit. qualify. prepare.

What is suitable article?

Once you have decided that an article is necessary, you must choose between an indefinite article (a and an) the definite article (the). In general, you should use the definite article if the noun is unique or known to the reader and an indefinite article if the noun is one of a group or new to the reader.

How do you say something is suitable?

  1. applicable,
  2. appropriate,
  3. apt,
  4. becoming,
  5. befitting,
  6. felicitous,
  7. fit,
  8. fitted,