suiten.

Brit.

/swiːt/, U.S.

/swit/

Forms: 1500s– suite, 1600s–1700s suitte.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suite.

Etymology: < Middle French, French suite suit n. (see meanings listed at suit n., and compare additionally the meanings: sequel, consequent event (1538), set of instrumental compositions (c1717)). Compare earlier suit n. (especially in its specific branches IV., VI., and V.), and see note at that entry on the division of material that has been applied here.Compare also ( < French) German Suite retinue (15th cent. as swede; rare before the 17th cent.), set of instrumental compositions to be played in succession, collection of similar items (both early 18th cent.), number of rooms forming a set (early 19th cent.).

1. A group or train of followers, attendants, or servants; a retinue. Also in elliptical use, with unchanged plural (colloquial): members of such a group or train.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > collective or retinue

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1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 51 Of such a suite of Militarie men, consisted the hostes of Moses, and Iehosuah, and Gedeons three hundreth.

1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 72 A person who makes so grand a figure in the Court, without the Suitte of a Princess.

1766 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 32 Lord Lincoln..set out immediately with his whole suite for Jack Shelley's.

1817 M. Cutler Jrnl. 10 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 353 Breakfasted..in company with the President and suite.

1889 Lady Dufferin Our Viceregal Life in India I. 205 He and his wife and two ‘suite’ came to breakfast.

1969 N. Bethell & D. Burg tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward (1991) II. 420 These ‘Honored Scientists’ went about with a suite of followers, like some new Christ with his Apostles.

2004 Jrnl. Law & Soc. 31 137 Think of what happened to Cnut... The tide came in and his suite or following..rescued him and carried him out of harm's way.

2. A set of things belonging together; a succession or series of things of the same type.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession

row?1510

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sequencea1575

succession1579

pomp1595

suite1597

rosary1604

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serie1840

daisy chain1856

nexus1858

catena1862

litany1961

1597 W. Raleigh Will in Lett. (1999) 383 And moreover I geve and bequeath to my said sonne Walter Raleghe one suite of porcelane sett in silver and gylt, that ys to saye, two basons and eweres with twoe flaggons and twoe boles.

1604 T. Pie Usuries Spright Coniured 56 So here is a suite of non sequiturs. Increase of victuall is forbidden: Ergo, increase of corne sowed is forbidden.

1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 151 Here is a Suite of Emperors; Busts, Antique.

1761 T. Warton Life Bathurst 94 The following suite of letters, written by himself, while Vice-chancellor.

1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 122 The suite of crystals of a mineral species, from which all the others originate or proceed, is named the Fundamental Crystallisation.

1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii. 10 His laughter exposed a suite of fair white teeth.

1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 295 A suite of tree-sparrow's eggs, not less than 20 in number.

2013 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Aug. l. 5 Included in the show was a suite of black-and-white paintings.

3. Specific uses of sense 2.

a. Music. Cf. suit n. 20b(b).

†(a) A set or series of lessons (lesson n. 2d) or other pieces. Obsolete.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > exercise or study > set of

suit1676

suite1676

1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument xix. 97 Among the Number of Setts of Lessons, (following) you shall have a whole Suite, or Sett, in the same Key.

1760 J. Mainwaring Mem. Life G. F. Handel 68 The two first movements of Handel's seventh suite in the 1st Vol. of his Lessons formerly stood for the Overture in his famous opera of Agrippina.

1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Suite, (French), the name formerly given to a set, or course, of lessons, sonatas, concertos, &c.

(b) A set of instrumental compositions (originally in dance style) to be played in succession. Later also: a set of selected pieces from an opera, musical, ballet, etc., arranged to be played as one instrumental work.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [noun] > set of pieces

set1590

suite1806

partita1864

triptych1925

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > suite

suite1806

1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Suite,..Also applied to a single piece when consisting of several movements.

1887 H. C. Banister Lect. Musical Anal. 15 The Suites and Partitas of Bach.

1932 G. B. Shaw Music in London 1890–94 (new ed.) III. 1 The usual two or three concertos..selection of overtures, suite from the latest ‘incidental music’ composed for the theatres.

1977 Zigzag June 39/4 Only in the lengthy ‘Rangers At Midnight’ suite do the band really go over the top into arty cleverness.

2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Oct. i. 20/2 The seven-movement suite went down well with conservative audience members who have had their fill of Elliott Carter and his acerbic modernity.

(a) A set of rooms in a hotel, large house, etc., for use by one person or group. in a suite: = en suite adv. 2.bridal suite, function suite, etc.: see the first element. See also garden suite n. 2.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun]

wonesc1325

chambers1598

suite1716

suit1721

sweep1751

garden suite1875

unit1917

1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 260 A suitte of 8 or 10 large rooms.

1809 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. iii. 80 Five splendid rooms open in a suite.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 5 Her home was a pretty little suite on the second floor.

1913 Princeton Alumni Weekly 21 May 623/1 A single suite usually consists of a study and a bedroom, with share of a toilet room.

2016 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 12/1 (advt.) All suites have outside views and..some feature tub baths.

(b) With modifying word: a set of rooms or (later also) a single room or area used or designed for the specified purpose.continuity suite, custody suite, etc.: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1899 Hebrew Standard Australasia 27 Jan. 7/2 The operating suite, consisting of the operating room proper, sterilizers, anaesthesia for the preparation of patients, disinfecting room for physicians, and lobby.

1957 Brit. Broadcasting Corporation: Ann. Rep. & Accts. 1956–7 67 in Parl. Papers (Cmnd. 267) IX. 1 A Central Recording Room has been installed in Broadcasting House, London, as well as additional editing suites.

1993 Milbank Q. 71 454 Part of a program to encourage evidence-based practice by nurses in hospital labor and delivery suites.

2007 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Jan. 97/3 The fitness suite is suitable for either workouts or gentle exercise.

c. A set of furniture of the same design; (now) esp. one consisting of sofa and (frequently two) armchairs (cf. three-piece adj. 1).See also garden suite n. 1.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > set of furniture

widow's chamber1680

set1687

suite1773

dining set1816

chamber1845

garden suite1874

dinette1931

three-piece1966

1773 Public Advertiser 26 Nov. A compleat Suite of Furniture or a private Chapel to be sold by private Contract.

1805 Times 7 Nov. 4/2 An elegant drawing-room suite of 5 curtains, chairs, &c...suites of chairs, sofas.

1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain v. 47 Can you imagine it furnished with a ‘suite’..and a grand piano?

1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 244 She had chosen..the maroon armchairs of corded velvet (they could not afford a ‘suite’).

2005 Loot 13 Dec. (Liverpool ed.) 9/3 (advt.) Leather Suite, in midnight, 3 seater sofa, 2 chairs, all fully reclinable.

d. A set of jewellery; esp. one containing matching pieces.

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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > set of

suite1778

parure1818

1778 Public Advertiser 29 Apr. A Suite of valuable Jewels, Pearls, Watches, &c., of a Nobleman.

1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses viii. 109 Let him display..casket after casket of lustrous gems. Then invite her to select her suite.

1888 J. Simmons Illustr. Trade Catal. 25 (heading) Coloured bright gold brooches and earrings. Separately, or in suites to match.

1981 M. Babson Bejewelled Death i. 14 The Orpington Bequest..was the last of the monumental suites..to have survived.

2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 June (Features section) 8 She promoted Chopard's partnership with Gemfields, debuting a suite of ethically-mined emerald jewellery on the Cannes red carpet.

e. Geology. A group of minerals, rocks, fossils, etc., which occur together and are characteristic of a particular location or geological period; a sequence of strata that is repeated at different localities.Quot. 1808¹ shows equivalent use of suit n., in the same work from which quot. 1808² is taken.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > [noun] > a mineral > group or set

family1794

suite1808

paragenesis1853

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > group of related rocks

suite1808

assemblage1811

family1819

1808 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. III. iii. 60 Similar rocks are often repeated in very different periods. Each of these individual depositions is a particular formation, and the whole is denominated a series or suit of formations. Thus there is a Limestone, a Porphry, a Granite Suit, &c.]

1808 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. III. v. 87 Such a series, as we have already mentioned, is denominated a Principal Formation Suite, or Series of Formations.

1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 678/2 Some of these marls contain beds of gypsum and fossils resembling the suite of Gosau.

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 648 The earliest system or connected suite of deposits in the Palæozoic series has received the name of Cambrian.

1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. ii. 65 Suites of minerals, called satellites, accompany diamond in each of its localities.

1978 Sci. Amer. Sept. 85/2 Boundaries between such layers, where one characteristic suite of fossils gives way to another, provide the basis for dividing geologic time into eras, periods and epochs.

2019 H. H. Schmitt in E. M. Cortright Apollo Exped. Moon (50th Anniv. ed.) xiv. 282 After Apollo 15, this suite of rocks had been recognized as possibly being a much reworked leftover of..portions of the ancient lunar crust.

f. The set of components which forms a toilet. Later chiefly: (matching) bathroom furniture or fittings.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > W.C. appliances

lavatory basin1854

suite1883

toilet1894

lavatory1903

lavatory bowl1915

throne1922

potty1937

plumbing1950

1883 Times of India 14 May 2/4 (advt.) Improved Sanitary Appliances... Bathroom Suites, Lavatory Fittings, Water Closets, Urinals, Sinks &c.

1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 325 The ‘Colonial’ Closet Suite, comprising strong Vulcanware closet-pan and trap..polished mahogany seat..cistern, cover and brackets, brass chain pull and pottery handle.

1966 Guardian 5 July 8/5 A tiled bathroom, with or without a coloured ‘suite’.

2006 Place in Sun May 77/2 Upstairs, the bathroom is fitted with a white suite (low-level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, panelled bath and shower cubicle).

g. Computing. A set of complimentary programs or applications, sold or distributed together, typically having a related functionality, a similar design or user interface, or the ability to share data.

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society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > group

library1950

program library1957

suite1966

partition1968

1966 Current Res. & Devel. Sci. Documentation (National Sci. Foundation U.S.) No. 14. 416 Apart from input /output the suite is to be written in KDF–9 ALGOL 60 in sections for editing, composition, and proofing so that multiple passes are possible.

1992 Computerworld (Nexis) 1 June 1 Terry Quinn, an analyst at Kidder, Peabody & Co., expressed skepticism that the two companies could come up with the right mix of products. ‘To finish off the suite, they need a graphics package’, he observed.

2006 ComputerWorld (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Business Intelligence section) 12 Oracle..last week moved to stake a claim in the increasingly crowded enterprise business intelligence market with a new suite of tools and applications.

2017 J. J. Parsons et al. Illustr. Computer Concepts & Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2016 Concepts iii. 58 Because all the applications in a suite are produced by the same software publisher, they tend to have similar user interfaces and provide an easy way to transport data from one application to another.

a. A result or consequence; a consequent event; a sequel. rare.

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the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun]

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a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 29 And so in the suite, by these laudable ends, I've a great many foes.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip II. viii. 186 A Polish colonel..whom Philip had selected to be his second in case the battle of the previous night should have any suite.

2014 D. R. Schwartz Judeans & Jews 146 The rebels who engendered the clash with Rome and, in its suite, the catastrophe.

b. A sequel to a literary work. rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > sequel or prequel

sequela1513

continuance1552

continuation1580

suite1839

sequelula1912

prequel1958

1839 W. Irving Let. 18 Dec. (1982) III. 4 I had always intended to write an account of the Conquest of Mexico, as a suite to my Columbus.

2012 P. A. Raymond in R. W. Pound Stikeman Elliott: New Millennium, New Paradigms Foreword p. vii When Richard Pound expressed his willingness to do an ‘encore’ or, more precisely a ‘suite’ to Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years, I was once again proud of the resolve of a Stikeman Elliott partner to take on a formidable task.

Compounds

suitemate n. chiefly U.S. a person who shares a suite in a university or college residence hall with another; cf. roommate n.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger > room-mate

chamber-fellow1535

comrade1591

comrado1598

chamber-mate1612

roommate1789

bunkie1858

suitemate1893

roomie1911

1893 College Transcript (Delaware, Ohio) 18 Nov. Mary Mather was heartily welcomed back to the Hall Tuesday evening by her suite-mates and many friends.

2003 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 12 207 His suitemates complained about living with someone who identified as bisexual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suite
释义	suiten. Brit. /swiːt/, U.S. /swit/ Forms: 1500s– suite, 1600s–1700s suitte. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French suite. Etymology: < Middle French, French suite suit n. (see meanings listed at suit n., and compare additionally the meanings: sequel, consequent event (1538), set of instrumental compositions (c1717)). Compare earlier suit n. (especially in its specific branches IV., VI., and V.), and see note at that entry on the division of material that has been applied here.Compare also ( < French) German Suite retinue (15th cent. as swede; rare before the 17th cent.), set of instrumental compositions to be played in succession, collection of similar items (both early 18th cent.), number of rooms forming a set (early 19th cent.). 1. A group or train of followers, attendants, or servants; a retinue. Also in elliptical use, with unchanged plural (colloquial): members of such a group or train. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > collective or retinue hirdc888 douthOE gingc1175 folkc1275 hirdfolcc1275 tail1297 meiniec1300 meiniec1300 routc1325 suitc1325 peoplec1330 leading1382 retinuea1387 repairc1390 retenancea1393 farneta1400 to-draughta1400 sembly14.. sequelc1420 manya1425 followingc1429 affinity?1435 family1438 train1489 estatec1500 port1545 retain1548 equipage1579 suite1579 attendancy1586 attendance1607 tendancea1616 sequacesa1660 cortège1679 1579 G. Gates Def. Militarie Profession 51 Of such a suite of Militarie men, consisted the hostes of Moses, and Iehosuah, and Gedeons three hundreth. 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode v. i. 72 A person who makes so grand a figure in the Court, without the Suitte of a Princess. 1766 G. Williams in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) II. 32 Lord Lincoln..set out immediately with his whole suite for Jack Shelley's. 1817 M. Cutler Jrnl. 10 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 353 Breakfasted..in company with the President and suite. 1889 Lady Dufferin Our Viceregal Life in India I. 205 He and his wife and two ‘suite’ came to breakfast. 1969 N. Bethell & D. Burg tr. A. Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward (1991) II. 420 These ‘Honored Scientists’ went about with a suite of followers, like some new Christ with his Apostles. 2004 Jrnl. Law & Soc. 31 137 Think of what happened to Cnut... The tide came in and his suite or following..rescued him and carried him out of harm's way. 2. A set of things belonging together; a succession or series of things of the same type. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [noun] > a series or succession row?1510 processiona1564 sequencea1575 succession1579 pomp1595 suite1597 rosary1604 sequel1615 series1618 rope1621 success1632 concatenation1652 sorites1664 string1713 chain1791 course1828 serie1840 daisy chain1856 nexus1858 catena1862 litany1961 1597 W. Raleigh Will in Lett. (1999) 383 And moreover I geve and bequeath to my said sonne Walter Raleghe one suite of porcelane sett in silver and gylt, that ys to saye, two basons and eweres with twoe flaggons and twoe boles. 1604 T. Pie Usuries Spright Coniured 56 So here is a suite of non sequiturs. Increase of victuall is forbidden: Ergo, increase of corne sowed is forbidden. 1722 J. Richardson Acct. Statues Italy 151 Here is a Suite of Emperors; Busts, Antique. 1761 T. Warton Life Bathurst 94 The following suite of letters, written by himself, while Vice-chancellor. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 122 The suite of crystals of a mineral species, from which all the others originate or proceed, is named the Fundamental Crystallisation. 1845 S. Judd Margaret i. ii. 10 His laughter exposed a suite of fair white teeth. 1864 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 295 A suite of tree-sparrow's eggs, not less than 20 in number. 2013 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Aug. l. 5 Included in the show was a suite of black-and-white paintings. 3. Specific uses of sense 2. a. Music. Cf. suit n. 20b(b). †(a) A set or series of lessons (lesson n. 2d) or other pieces. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > exercise or study > set of suit1676 suite1676 1676 T. Mace Musick's Monument xix. 97 Among the Number of Setts of Lessons, (following) you shall have a whole Suite, or Sett, in the same Key. 1760 J. Mainwaring Mem. Life G. F. Handel 68 The two first movements of Handel's seventh suite in the 1st Vol. of his Lessons formerly stood for the Overture in his famous opera of Agrippina. 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Suite, (French), the name formerly given to a set, or course, of lessons, sonatas, concertos, &c. (b) A set of instrumental compositions (originally in dance style) to be played in succession. Later also: a set of selected pieces from an opera, musical, ballet, etc., arranged to be played as one instrumental work. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > [noun] > set of pieces set1590 suite1806 partita1864 triptych1925 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > suite suite1806 1806 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music (ed. 2) Suite,..Also applied to a single piece when consisting of several movements. 1887 H. C. Banister Lect. Musical Anal. 15 The Suites and Partitas of Bach. 1932 G. B. Shaw Music in London 1890–94 (new ed.) III. 1 The usual two or three concertos..selection of overtures, suite from the latest ‘incidental music’ composed for the theatres. 1977 Zigzag June 39/4 Only in the lengthy ‘Rangers At Midnight’ suite do the band really go over the top into arty cleverness. 2003 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 11 Oct. i. 20/2 The seven-movement suite went down well with conservative audience members who have had their fill of Elliott Carter and his acerbic modernity. b. (a) A set of rooms in a hotel, large house, etc., for use by one person or group. in a suite: = en suite adv. 2.bridal suite, function suite, etc.: see the first element. See also garden suite n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] wonesc1325 chambers1598 suite1716 suit1721 sweep1751 garden suite1875 unit1917 1716 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Sept. (1965) I. 260 A suitte of 8 or 10 large rooms. 1809 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) I. iii. 80 Five splendid rooms open in a suite. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. i. 5 Her home was a pretty little suite on the second floor. 1913 Princeton Alumni Weekly 21 May 623/1 A single suite usually consists of a study and a bedroom, with share of a toilet room. 2016 Daily Tel. 25 Aug. 12/1 (advt.) All suites have outside views and..some feature tub baths. (b) With modifying word: a set of rooms or (later also) a single room or area used or designed for the specified purpose.continuity suite, custody suite, etc.: see the first element. ΚΠ 1899 Hebrew Standard Australasia 27 Jan. 7/2 The operating suite, consisting of the operating room proper, sterilizers, anaesthesia for the preparation of patients, disinfecting room for physicians, and lobby. 1957 Brit. Broadcasting Corporation: Ann. Rep. & Accts. 1956–7 67 in Parl. Papers (Cmnd. 267) IX. 1 A Central Recording Room has been installed in Broadcasting House, London, as well as additional editing suites. 1993 Milbank Q. 71 454 Part of a program to encourage evidence-based practice by nurses in hospital labor and delivery suites. 2007 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Jan. 97/3 The fitness suite is suitable for either workouts or gentle exercise. c. A set of furniture of the same design; (now) esp. one consisting of sofa and (frequently two) armchairs (cf. three-piece adj. 1).See also garden suite n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > [noun] > set of furniture widow's chamber1680 set1687 suite1773 dining set1816 chamber1845 garden suite1874 dinette1931 three-piece1966 1773 Public Advertiser 26 Nov. A compleat Suite of Furniture or a private Chapel to be sold by private Contract. 1805 Times 7 Nov. 4/2 An elegant drawing-room suite of 5 curtains, chairs, &c...suites of chairs, sofas. 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain v. 47 Can you imagine it furnished with a ‘suite’..and a grand piano? 1974 I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 244 She had chosen..the maroon armchairs of corded velvet (they could not afford a ‘suite’). 2005 Loot 13 Dec. (Liverpool ed.) 9/3 (advt.) Leather Suite, in midnight, 3 seater sofa, 2 chairs, all fully reclinable. d. A set of jewellery; esp. one containing matching pieces. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] > set of suite1778 parure1818 1778 Public Advertiser 29 Apr. A Suite of valuable Jewels, Pearls, Watches, &c., of a Nobleman. 1869 S. R. Hole Bk. Roses viii. 109 Let him display..casket after casket of lustrous gems. Then invite her to select her suite. 1888 J. Simmons Illustr. Trade Catal. 25 (heading) Coloured bright gold brooches and earrings. Separately, or in suites to match. 1981 M. Babson Bejewelled Death i. 14 The Orpington Bequest..was the last of the monumental suites..to have survived. 2019 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 8 June (Features section) 8 She promoted Chopard's partnership with Gemfields, debuting a suite of ethically-mined emerald jewellery on the Cannes red carpet. e. Geology. A group of minerals, rocks, fossils, etc., which occur together and are characteristic of a particular location or geological period; a sequence of strata that is repeated at different localities.Quot. 1808¹ shows equivalent use of suit n., in the same work from which quot. 1808² is taken. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > [noun] > a mineral > group or set family1794 suite1808 paragenesis1853 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [noun] > group of related rocks suite1808 assemblage1811 family1819 1808 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. III. iii. 60 Similar rocks are often repeated in very different periods. Each of these individual depositions is a particular formation, and the whole is denominated a series or suit of formations. Thus there is a Limestone, a Porphry, a Granite Suit, &c.] 1808 R. Jameson Syst. Mineral. III. v. 87 Such a series, as we have already mentioned, is denominated a Principal Formation Suite, or Series of Formations. 1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 678/2 Some of these marls contain beds of gypsum and fossils resembling the suite of Gosau. 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 648 The earliest system or connected suite of deposits in the Palæozoic series has received the name of Cambrian. 1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. ii. 65 Suites of minerals, called satellites, accompany diamond in each of its localities. 1978 Sci. Amer. Sept. 85/2 Boundaries between such layers, where one characteristic suite of fossils gives way to another, provide the basis for dividing geologic time into eras, periods and epochs. 2019 H. H. Schmitt in E. M. Cortright Apollo Exped. Moon (50th Anniv. ed.) xiv. 282 After Apollo 15, this suite of rocks had been recognized as possibly being a much reworked leftover of..portions of the ancient lunar crust. f. The set of components which forms a toilet. Later chiefly: (matching) bathroom furniture or fittings. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > W.C. appliances lavatory basin1854 suite1883 toilet1894 lavatory1903 lavatory bowl1915 throne1922 potty1937 plumbing1950 1883 Times of India 14 May 2/4 (advt.) Improved Sanitary Appliances... Bathroom Suites, Lavatory Fittings, Water Closets, Urinals, Sinks &c. 1926–7 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 325 The ‘Colonial’ Closet Suite, comprising strong Vulcanware closet-pan and trap..polished mahogany seat..cistern, cover and brackets, brass chain pull and pottery handle. 1966 Guardian 5 July 8/5 A tiled bathroom, with or without a coloured ‘suite’. 2006 Place in Sun May 77/2 Upstairs, the bathroom is fitted with a white suite (low-level WC, pedestal wash hand basin, panelled bath and shower cubicle). g. Computing. A set of complimentary programs or applications, sold or distributed together, typically having a related functionality, a similar design or user interface, or the ability to share data. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > programming language > program or code > [noun] > group library1950 program library1957 suite1966 partition1968 1966 Current Res. & Devel. Sci. Documentation (National Sci. Foundation U.S.) No. 14. 416 Apart from input /output the suite is to be written in KDF–9 ALGOL 60 in sections for editing, composition, and proofing so that multiple passes are possible. 1992 Computerworld (Nexis) 1 June 1 Terry Quinn, an analyst at Kidder, Peabody & Co., expressed skepticism that the two companies could come up with the right mix of products. ‘To finish off the suite, they need a graphics package’, he observed. 2006 ComputerWorld (Nexis) 24 Mar. (Business Intelligence section) 12 Oracle..last week moved to stake a claim in the increasingly crowded enterprise business intelligence market with a new suite of tools and applications. 2017 J. J. Parsons et al. Illustr. Computer Concepts & Microsoft Office 365 & Office 2016 Concepts iii. 58 Because all the applications in a suite are produced by the same software publisher, they tend to have similar user interfaces and provide an easy way to transport data from one application to another. 4. a. A result or consequence; a consequent event; a sequel. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] proofc1330 worka1382 workinga1382 consequentc1386 effectc1390 processa1400 consequencec1400 sequel1477 efficacea1492 operation1525 branch1526 efficacy1549 trial1559 ensuing1561 repercussion1603 success1606 productiona1610 salutation1609 succeedinga1616 pursuancea1626 spawna1631 income1635 result1638 importance1645 consequency1651 product1651 causal1652 causate1656 consectary1659 propter hoc1671 inference1673 corollary1674 resultment1683 produce1698 recussion1754 development1803 suitea1806 eventuation1813 sequent1838 sequence1853 causatum1879 sequela1883 ramification1925 a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) I. 29 And so in the suite, by these laudable ends, I've a great many foes. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Adventures of Philip II. viii. 186 A Polish colonel..whom Philip had selected to be his second in case the battle of the previous night should have any suite. 2014 D. R. Schwartz Judeans & Jews 146 The rebels who engendered the clash with Rome and, in its suite, the catastrophe. b. A sequel to a literary work. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > sequel or prequel sequela1513 continuance1552 continuation1580 suite1839 sequelula1912 prequel1958 1839 W. Irving Let. 18 Dec. (1982) III. 4 I had always intended to write an account of the Conquest of Mexico, as a suite to my Columbus. 2012 P. A. Raymond in R. W. Pound Stikeman Elliott: New Millennium, New Paradigms Foreword p. vii When Richard Pound expressed his willingness to do an ‘encore’ or, more precisely a ‘suite’ to Stikeman Elliott: The First Fifty Years, I was once again proud of the resolve of a Stikeman Elliott partner to take on a formidable task. Compounds suitemate n. chiefly U.S. a person who shares a suite in a university or college residence hall with another; cf. roommate n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house > lodger > room-mate chamber-fellow1535 comrade1591 comrado1598 chamber-mate1612 roommate1789 bunkie1858 suitemate1893 roomie1911 1893 College Transcript (Delaware, Ohio) 18 Nov. Mary Mather was heartily welcomed back to the Hall Tuesday evening by her suite-mates and many friends. 2003 Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 12 207 His suitemates complained about living with someone who identified as bisexual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1579
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