Meaning

6 senses
  1. A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

    сви́таsvíta

  2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.

    a suite of rooms

    a suite of minerals

    набо́рnabór, компле́ктkomplékt, гарниту́рgarnitúr

    apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

  3. A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

    The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.

    Suite

    анфила́даanfiláda

  4. A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.

    Suite

    сюи́таsjuíta

  5. An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.

    Suite

    сюи́таsjuíta

    сюї́таsjujíta

  6. A group of related computer programs distributed together.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. She had the hotel suite to herself.

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  2. Tom and Mary stayed in the honeymoon suite.

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  3. Tom rented a suite in one of Boston's most expensive hotels.

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  4. Our company selected this office suite.

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  5. Sami slept in the master suite.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
selection of music from a larger work:
Русский
By meaning 4
retinue or company of attendants:
connected series or succession of objects:
group of connected rooms:
musical form pre-dating the sonata:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
group of connected rooms:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.

Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.

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Forms

plural: suites
Singularsuite
Pluralsuites

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel):rooms
  • the group following and attending to some important person:cortegeretinueentourage

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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