Definition of 'suite'
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suite
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suite in British English
noun
4.
a number of
attendants or
followers
5. music
a.
an
instrumental
composition consisting of several
movements in the same
key
based on or
derived from
dance
rhythms, esp in the
baroque period
b.
an instrumental composition in several movements less closely connected than a
sonata
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Word origin
C17: from French, from Old French sieute; see suitWord Frequency
suite in American English
noun
2.
a set or series of related things
; specif.,a.
a group of connected rooms used as a unit, such as an
apartment
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Word origin
Fr: see
suitWord Frequency
suite in Hospitality
(swit)
Word forms: (regular plural) suites
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Hotel room)
A suite is a set of rooms in a hotel or other building.
He chose the most expensive suite in the whole hotel.
Our two-room suites consist of a bedroom and a separate living room.
Two suites and fourteen guest rooms are available in the hotel.
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Which type of musical composition am I?
music written for or in the rhythm of this dance
Which type of musical composition am I?
a type of concerto for two or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra
Which type of musical composition am I?
a group of seven singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
Which type of musical composition am I?
a composition for an orchestra and a group of soloists, chiefly of the baroque period
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suite
British English: suite
/swiːt/ NOUN
A suite is a set of rooms in a hotel or other building.
...a new suite of offices.
- American English: suite
- Arabic: جَنَاح
- Brazilian Portuguese: suíte
- Chinese: 套房
- Croatian: apartman
- Czech: apartmá v hotelu
- Danish: suite
- Dutch: suite
- European Spanish: suite
- Finnish: sviitti
- French: suite hôtel
- German: Suite
- Greek: σουίτα
- Italian: suite
- Japanese: スイート
- Korean: 스위트 룸
- Norwegian: suite
- Polish: komplet mebli
- European Portuguese: suite
- Romanian: anfiladă
- Russian: комплект
- Latin American Spanish: suite
- Swedish: svit
- Thai: ห้องชุด
- Turkish: suit
- Ukrainian: апартаменти
- Vietnamese: dãy phòng
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