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SUITABILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purpose
Example:
an important requirement is suitability for long trips
Synonyms:
suitability; suitableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("suitability" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suitability"):
appropriateness (the quality of being specially suitable)
fitness; fittingness (the quality of being suitable)
convenience (the quality of being useful and convenient)
Antonym:
unsuitability (the quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose)
