suite
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.
Origin of suite
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How to use suite in a sentence
Depending on the length of the flight, these suites can cost as much as $43,000 for two people.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGone are the days of corner suites, an on-staff barber, and diamond medallions given to employees.
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine | Alex Suskind | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are edit suites mounted on shopping carts, and portable generators to power them.
Brazil’s World Cup Is An Expensive, Exploitative Nightmare | Vac Verikaitis | May 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNehru and Jinnah even stayed at the Imperial for extended periods of time in private suites.
An Indian Icon Reborn: The Imperial Hotel Reclaims Its Glory Days | Esha Chhabra | May 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHoward Hughes lived in the hotel off-and-on for thirty years, reserving several of their bungalow-style suites at a time.
Hollywood Turns Against the Famed Beverly Hills Hotel Over the Sultan of Brunei’s Anti-Gay Stance | Marlow Stern | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The old show rooms were left to the mice and ghosts, but the more modern suites were all to be occupied.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsOf the others the suites on the east side (A, B) seem to have been rented out as living apartments.
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone JohnstonThe Tlachiach and Aquiach were present, surrounded by their suites and a vast number of the nobility.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftBancroft went so far as to assign a different character to different suites of furniture.
The English Stage | Augustin FilonExtending along the four sides of this hall was a gallery, leading to suites of rooms; and it was lighted from the top.
British Dictionary definitions for suite
/ (swiːt) /
a series of items intended to be used together; set
a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit: the 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
Origin of suite
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for 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.
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