suite

American  

[sweet, soot] / swit, sut /

noun

suites plural

1. a number of things forming a series or set.

2. a connected series of rooms to be used together.

   a hotel suite.

3. a set of furniture, especially a set comprising the basic furniture necessary for one room.

   a bedroom suite.

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

5. Music.

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

   2. an ordered series of instrumental movements of any character.

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

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suite British  

/ swiːt /

noun

1. a series of items intended to be used together; set

2. a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit

   the presidential suite

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

4. a number of attendants or followers

5. music

   1. an instrumental composition consisting of several movements in the same key based on or derived from dance rhythms, esp in the baroque period

   2. an instrumental composition in several movements less closely connected than a sonata

   3. a piece of music containing movements based on or extracted from music already used in an opera, ballet, play, etc

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suite Cultural  

1. 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.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• suites
  plural

Etymology

Origin of suite

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

Explanation

A suite (sounds like "sweet") is a collection of matching things. It usually refers to rooms together, like when you get a suite at a fancy hotel. It can also be a set of furniture or a musical composition. In housing terms, a suite is an apartment made up of connected rooms. If you ever stay at a hostel in France, make sure you get a room with the bathroom en suite, so you don’t have to share the one in the hallway. When the word first came into use, it meant "train of followers of attendants," but don't call your friends your suite or they'll think you're a snob.

Example Sentences

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suite suites

Both of them since have left OpenAI, part of a stream of departures from the company’s executive suite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Kimi K3 demonstrated frontier-level performance across our evaluation suite, consistently outperforming other tested models," Moonshot AI said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

On Tuesday, Macron and Zelensky announced an agreement that will give Ukraine access to a suite of advanced French military technology, including Rafale jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Invesco offers a suite of 28 factor and core equity ETFs, a representative of the company told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026

“No, we have the suite in the east wing. It’s all been done up.”

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The property is on the market for $26.8, featuring a 14,000-square-foot mansion with eight bedroom suites and materials imported from Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

LA28 plans to use nearly all of the soundstages, which are equipped with dedicated set lighting power, high-capacity silent air conditioning, high-speed wired and wireless internet, and adjoining production suites.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In office suites and on factory floors across the country, millions of workers are coping with another major responsibility outside of their jobs — caring for an aging parent, spouse or other loved one.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Chilelli said the firm is anticipating hundreds of thousands of applications for suites designated for affordable housing; the winners will be determined by lottery.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

In Africa as elsewhere in the world, some peoples were much “luckier” than others, in the suites of domesticable wild plant and animal species that they inherited from their environment.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Related Words

• apartment
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