suite

[ sweet or for 3 often, soot ]

/ swit or for 3 often, sut /

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noun

a number of things forming a series or set.

a connected series of rooms to be used together: a hotel suite.

a set of furniture, especially a set comprising the basic furniture necessary for one room: a bedroom suite.

a company of followers or attendants; a train or retinue.

Music.

an ordered series of instrumental dances, in the same or related keys, commonly preceded by a prelude.
an ordered series of instrumental movements of any character.

Computers. a group of software programs sold as a unit and usually designed to work together.

Nearby words

suit up, suit-dress, suita, suitable, suitcase, suite, suited, suiter, suiting, suitland-silver hill, suitor

Origin of suite

1665–75; < French, apparently metathetic variant of Old French siute (see suit); akin to sue, suitor

Can be confused

suit suitesuite sweet

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Examples from the Web for suite

When we get into his suite, he collapses on the couch and begins drinking tequila again.
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In another black-and-white shot, they are boyishly sprawled on the rose-printed carpet of their suite, reading piles of fan mail.
The Man Who Captured the Beatles Magic|Chantel Tattoli|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then there are a suite of tools that can operate at the kind of depth we're talking about, I believe between 4000-5000 meters.
James Cameron on How to Find Flight MH370, Climate Change, Leonardo DiCaprio, and More|Marlow Stern|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Also inside the suite was Peter Greste, an award-winning Australian correspondent who was working for the same network.
Egypt: Al Jazeera Had ‘Marriott Cell’ Of Terror|Alastair Beach|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

At the door a couple is entwined on the floor blocking my departure from the suite.
My Night at the NSFW Oscars|Richard Abowitz|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But she sighed again as she entered her own suite to find Nina and Amy complacently dressing themselves for the afternoon's run.
Harriet and the Piper|Kathleen Norris
The third cheroot brought Jack and his suite within sight of Hanby House.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour|R. S. Surtees
I shall keep to my own half of this suite, with the less difficulty because I haven't the slightest wish to intrude on yours.
Vision House|C. N. Williamson
Took a suite in Space Verge hotel with four quote secretaries unquote, and has refused to see anyone.
The Telenizer|Don Thompson
Noting my uncertainty, the salesman suggested a suite of French walnut.
Growing Nuts in the North|Carl Weschcke

British Dictionary definitions for suite

suite

/ (swiːt) /

noun

a series of items intended to be used together; set

a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unitthe presidential suite

a matching set of furniture, esp of two armchairs and a settee

a number of attendants or followers

music

an instrumental composition consisting of several movements in the same key based on or derived from dance rhythms, esp in the baroque period
an instrumental composition in several movements less closely connected than a sonata
a piece of music containing movements based on or extracted from music already used in an opera, ballet, play, etc

Word Origin for suite

C17: from French, from Old French sieute; see suit

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Culture definitions for suite

suite

[ (sweet) ]

A group of related pieces of music or movements played in sequence. In the baroque era, a suite was a succession of different kinds of dances. In more recent times, suites have contained excerpts from longer works, such as ballets, or have simply portrayed a scene, as in Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite.