sweat suit
5
2.0
- noun
- /ˈswɛt suːt/
- US
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chándal
- She decided to wear her favorite gray sweat suit for a comfortable day at home.
- wear a sweat suit
- velour sweat suit
- blue sweat suit
He had a black and white sweat suit on and said mom in the back.
- He had a black and white sweat suit on and said mom in the back.
- And this is the main sweat suit that I wore or have been wearing the most.
- All my style influences came from your own TV raps, gold chains, silk sweat suits, Bally's.
- And they sent over this glorious, glorious Navy sweat suit.
- I was projecting how good looking Owen is going to look in this little sweat suit.
- It wouldn't be me if I didn't end it with a little matching sweat suit situation, except she's wearing cashmere from head to freaking toe.
- You know your regular Nike sweat suit pads, hoodie.
- Yeah, I guess me sweat suit on and I was going to go for a run down the canal near mine.
Examples
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Belle was pedaling madly, flushed and overheated in a pink sweat suit strewn with tiny satin bows.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then she walked over to the sink and put an arm around Cee Cee as the day filled with sunshine and a couple wearing matching white sweat suits jogged north along the beach outside the window.
Fiction book (1991) -
- Do you always wear a sweat suit?
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The kid insists on wearing a sweat suit.
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The sweat suit looked like it was made of silk.
Fiction book (1996) -
Outfit of the day, I'm wearing this Gray sweat suit from Meshki.
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She went indoors and changed into her old sweat suit.
Fiction book (1995) -
I jumped up and into the bedroom, circling around our unmade bed to find my sweat suit.
Fiction book (2001) -
He was wearing what appeared to be a pale blue sweat suit with a stand-up collar.
Fiction book (1996) -
But I needed my lucky sweat suit, the one I wore through college, navy blue with a now faded University of Florida logo on the shirt and down the left leg.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
9
1.3
A set of loose, comfortable clothes with a jacket and pants for exercise
5
1.1
A matching set of comfortable clothes with a top and pants for exercise or relaxing
1
2.1
A matching jacket and pants worn for running or exercise
Loose soft pants and a matching top worn for exercise or at home
A set of loose, comfortable clothes worn for exercise
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Morphology
The meaning 'a matching outfit worn for exercise' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sweat' (perspiration/associated with exercise) + 'suit' (a matching set of clothes), i.e. a suit meant for sweating. This straightforward compound logic is common in English and parallels in other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would very likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Sweat suit comes from the idea of a matching outfit that makes you sweat, with suit meaning a set of clothes. People wore these warm sets to 'exercise' or 'warm up', so the phrase now means a loose, comfortable set of clothes for 'exercise' or to 'relax'.