suite

[ sweet soot ]

noun

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.

suite

/ 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

suite

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 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of suite¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of suite¹

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

Example Sentences

On a business trip to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in February 1989, she was unnerved to find she had been booked to travel alone with Al Fayed and to stay in his hotel suite, while the rest of his entourage were staying in a separate accommodation.

From BBC

Ms Hand then went to a penthouse suite in the Beacon Hotel with a group of people who included Mr McGregor and his security team.

From BBC

Robbie and Ackerley founded Lucky Chap Entertainment with producers Josey McNamara and Sophia Kerr in 2014, the same year they began dating after meeting on the set of the film “Suite Française.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Given the strong trend in consumer spending, the presented numbers indicate that users were generally unimpressed by the recent features, meaning that the next suite of A.I.-to-product offerings will need to do an overall better job to impress the public.”

From Slate

The Apple findings were published earlier this month in a technical paper that has attracted widespread attention in AI labs and the lay press, not only because the results are well-documented, but also because the researchers work for the nation’s leading high-tech consumer company — and one that has just rolled out a suite of purported AI features for iPhone users.

From Los Angeles Times

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