suitability
- noun
- /ˌsuːtəˈbɪləti/
- Over the next seven days, you will undergo close observation and formal testing to ascertain suitability for parenting.
- determine the suitability
- assess the suitability
- evaluate the suitability
They're based on suitability that often depends on, well, women are just inferior to men in this respect or that respect.
- They're based on suitability that often depends on, well, women are just inferior to men in this respect or that respect.
Examples
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Such lands are also likely to have high timber production value with poor suitability for agriculture.
Academic text (1997) -
Reviewers do more than determine the suitability of manuscripts for publication.
Academic text (2011) -
-One has to wonder about her suitability...
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Still in question are the benefits to be derived, the suitability of the partners, and relations with outside parties.
Academic text (1996) -
The lead author met each team after practice to initially screen the athletes' suitability to participate in the study.
Academic text (2008) -
There are so many questions of temperament and suitability.
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And I'm going to direct the youth authority to prepare a report on the defendant's suitability to be tried as an adult.
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The old man had doubts about the suitability of Nellie for the farm.
Fiction book (1997) -
The program interprets these entries and provides recommendations about the suitability of the site for septic disposal.
Academic text (1997) -
Before hiring a candidate, the company assessed her suitability for the role based on her experience.
Synonyms
The quality of being suitable for a situation
How relevant or suitable something is for a particular use
A state of being enough or suitable for a purpose
How much people think something is good enough
A quality that makes something fit a certain situation
How suitable or proper something is for a certain situation
The quality of being suitable for a situation or purpose
How right something is for a situation or purpose
How well something fits a particular use
Being correct and appropriate for a situation
Being exactly right and suitable for a situation
How well something fits a place or purpose
The quality of being good enough to meet a need
Being good enough to meet a need or expectation
How suitable something is for a group or situation
Antonyms
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suitability comes from the common word suit, which long ago meant 'to fit' or 'be right for' someone, like clothes that 'suit' you. So, suitability is the quality of how well something 'fits' a purpose or situation.