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Definition of 'suite'

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suite

(swit )
Word forms: suites
1. countable noun
A suite is a set of rooms in a hotel or other building.
They had a fabulous time during their week in a suite at the Paris Hilton.
Synonyms: rooms, apartment, set of rooms, living quarters   More Synonyms of suite
2. countable noun
A suite is a set of matching furniture.
...a three-piece suite.
3. countable noun
A bathroom suite is a matching bathtub, sink, and toilet.
...the horrible pink suite in the bathroom.
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suite in American English

(swit ; for 2b, also sut )
noun
1. 
a group of attendants or servants; train; retinue; staff
2. 
a set or series of related things
; specif.,
a. 
a group of connected rooms used as a unit, such as an apartment
b. 
a set of pieces of matched furniture for a given room
a bedroom suite
3.  Music
a. 
an early form of instrumental composition consisting of a series of dances in the same key or in related keys
b. 
a modern instrumental composition in a number of movements
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin
Fr: see suit
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suite in American English

(swit, or, for 3 often suːt)
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, esp. 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
a. 
an ordered series of instrumental dances, in the same or related keys, commonly preceded by a prelude
b. 
an ordered series of instrumental movements of any character
6. Computing
a group of software programs sold as a unit and usually designed to work together
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Word origin
[1665–75; ‹ F, appar. metathetic var. of OF siute ( see suit); akin to sue, suitor]
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suite in British English

(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
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
c. 
a piece of music containing movements based on or extracted from music already used in an opera, ballet, play, etc
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C17: from French, from Old French sieute; see suit
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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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Examples of 'suite' in a sentence
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The properties all have fitted kitchens with granite worktops and white ceramic bathroom suites.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
No special suite is set aside for his use.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There was more dealing being done in hotel suites than on the casino floors.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
To the right is an en suite bedroom and bath.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
On the second floor a bedroom was sacrificed to make an en suite bathroom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All come with two en suite bathrooms and balconies.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He went back to his hotel suite with the intention of getting ready to go to the party.
The Sun (2013)
This is like walking in and nicking the three-piece suite.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Stepping into one of the 14 suites was fabulous.
The Sun (2012)
At nine, he composed a suite of six pieces.
The Sun (2012)
We don't have a set product suite.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The wife wants a new three-piece suite.
The Sun (2009)
Just around the corner, the same owners have opened a set of suites.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It will complement a chrome three-piece suite already sitting in his dining room.
The Sun (2011)
We are in a large hotel suite in Soho.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The Romans tamed the spring and built a suite of luxurious baths around it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You can make the accommodation flexible, include en suite bathrooms and walls that open and shut.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Inside, the furnished apartments have marble bath suites and hardwood floors.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The appeal of the en suite bathroom and other custom-built comforts seems to grow as graduation approaches.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Not so a group of foreign royals who hire out 40 rooms with two suites set aside for shopping bags.
The Sun (2012)
Think of them as an investment; like a three-piece suite.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The firm came up with a three-storey building containing 50 suites which spins slowly on a giant steel turntable.
The Sun (2009)

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Which type of musical composition am I?

a composition for an orchestra and a group of soloists, chiefly of the baroque period
concerto concerto grosso oratorio

Which type of musical composition am I?

a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance, in three-four time
ländler minuet pavane

Which type of musical composition am I?

a simple tune for either vocal or instrumental performance
air romance sonata

Which type of musical composition am I?

a musical composition consisting of various tunes arranged as a continuous whole
chaconne medley opera

Which type of musical composition am I?

a type of concerto for two or more solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra
aria concerto sinfonia concertante
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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
  • Spanish: suite
  • Swedish: svit
  • Thai: ห้องชุด
  • Turkish: suit
  • Ukrainian: апартаменти
  • Vietnamese: dãy phòng

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