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suitable in English:

1. appropriate appropriate


High heels are not appropriate for a job in a factory. Vodka is not an appropriate drink for meeting with your boss. When cooking pancakes you need to add the appropriate amount of milk or they will be too dry.
Please forward this message along with the seminar information to the appropriate managers in your firm.
appropriate penalties
1. Neither of these are appropriate for a five-year-old girl. / 2. I'm not sure this is appropriate behaviour, Mr Acting President. / 3. I guess it's appropriate.
The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.
Remove the cap from the ink refill bottle, fill the dropper with ink, and drip an appropriate amount onto the marker's core.
For this design house it was an appropriate strategy to introduce even more radical colors into computer production.
We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.
And so, knowledge from the past, mixed up with assumptions about that knowledge, which may be more or less appropriate, is used to augment information provided by the senses.
Among the critics are those who think that the objective set for the European Central Bank is not appropriate.
We therefore agree with the proposal in this question, which seems to us highly appropriate.
In the second case, it appears that the most appropriate procedure for selecting the private partner would be through competitive dialogue, which is set out in the Public Procurement Act
The system will sort workflows according to the level of compatibility and ensure that the most appropriate workflow is displayed when users create a requisition
correct or suitable for a particular time, situation, or purpose (an education system which is more appropriate to the needs of the students)
I'm patching things up for your mistake so it's only natural that I get a reward appropriate to my labours.

English word "suitable"(appropriate) occurs in sets:

new opportunities - intermediate

2. eligible eligible


Everyone is eligible regardless of nationality.
As she is only 17, she is not eligible to vote, yet. You are not eligible for early retirement.
eligible voters
The electoral process is provided to all eligible citizens.
Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.
She added, ‘Isabel Archer and Dorothea both discard eligible suitors to marry self-important fools, but one sympathizes more with Dorothea.
Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year
Are you eligible for early retirement/maternity leave?
The damage is put at EUR 4.6 billion, so it is eligible for compensation.
eligible to run for office; eligible for retirement; eligible for the presidency
You could be eligible for a university scholarship.
An example of eligible is a bachelor who is ready to settle down, who is handsome, rich, romantic and kind.
When are you eligible to vote in your country?
Only people over 18 are eligible to vote. You might be eligible for a grant for your studies. An eligible young bachelor (unmarried)
Working, healthy people contribute to the reduction of medical expenses, the rise of the eligible age for benefits, and the curtailment of their costs.

English word "suitable"(eligible) occurs in sets:

prawo konstytucjne
Letters: D-F

3. unsuitable unsuitable


In my opinion, it's quite unsuitable.
Your dress is unsuitable for the occasion.
These garish clothes are unsuitable for work.
The soil is too salty and unsuitable for growing crops
In fact, the film is unsuitable for children of any age.
It should only be used when other medicines are unsuitable.
Seven candidates were unsuitable.
It notes that the model is unsuitable for pelagic species.

English word "suitable"(unsuitable) occurs in sets:

opposite & negatives eng - eng