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

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Etymology

Origin of suite

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

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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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It is people like her the Australian government says it is trying to protect with a new suite of laws cracking down on big tech, which were introduced to parliament this week.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The HomeView connects to a suite of other new home products, including smart thermostats, a video doorbell and door lock, and indoor and outdoor cameras, Apple says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Rome's Gemelli hospital is where popes are usually treated, and they stay in a special suite on the 10th floor, which has a small chapel, kitchen, bathroom and meeting room.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Finally, when we got into the labour suite, I wasn't monitored appropriately and they missed signs that Poppy was in distress."

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

While most of the performers are spending the night in the city visiting old friends and favorite pubs, Celia Bowen sits alone in her backstage suite.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The wide-body jets it flies to Europe, which it acquired in the Hawaiian deal, are already outfitted with business class suites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms, including two suites.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

"Indeed NHS hospitals in every major city in England had aversion therapy suites precisely for this purpose."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Open is a roar of commercial excess, from its soaring ticket prices and $100 caviar-topped chicken nuggets to the new luxury suites rising as part of an $800 million transformation of Arthur Ashe Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Vera Wentz and Fred Bocarelli both had deluxe suites, with separate sitting areas and bedrooms, and both were in their bedrooms.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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