suitability

From suit + -ability.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsjuːtəˈbɪlɪti/, /ˌsuːtəˈbɪlɪti/

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsutəˈbɪləti/, [ˌsutəˈbɪləɾi], [ˌsuɾəˈbɪləɾi], /ˌsjutəˈbɪləti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləti/, [ˌsʉːtəˈbɪləɾi], /ˌsjʉːtəˈbɪləti/

suitability (countable and uncountable, plural suitabilities)

1. The quality of being suitable.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 423:

     As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.

• suit
• suitable