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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a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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a lively piece composed freely and without adhering to the rules for any specific musical form
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a group of five singers or instrumentalists or a piece of music composed for such a group
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a type of comic opera in German with spoken dialogue, popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries
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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 /ˈswit/
- 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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