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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024suite /swit; for 3. often sut/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a number of things forming a series, group, or set:a suite of computer routines.
- a connected series of rooms to be used together:a hotel suite.
- Furniturea set of matching furniture, esp. for one room:a bedroom suite.
- Music and Dancean ordered series of pieces of music, as instrumental dances, written in the same or related keys.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024suite (swēt or, for 3 often, so̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n. - a number of things forming a series or set.
- a connected series of rooms to be used together:a hotel suite.
- Furniturea set of furniture, esp. a set comprising the basic furniture necessary for one room:a bedroom suite.
- a company of followers or attendants;
a train or retinue. - Music and Dance
- Music and Dancean ordered series of instrumental dances, in the same or related keys, commonly preceded by a prelude.
- Music and Dancean ordered series of instrumental movements of any character.
- Computinga group of software programs sold as a unit and usually designed to work together.
- French, apparently metathetic variant of Old French siute (see suit); akin to sue, suitor
- 1665–75
+ n. - Computinga group of software programs sold as a unit and usually designed to work together.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: suite /swiːt/ n - a series of items intended to be used together; set
- a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit
- a matching set of furniture, esp of two armchairs and a settee
- a number of attendants or followers
- 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
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Old French sieute; see suit |