suite
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)suites
- a musical composition of several movements only loosely connectedType of musical composition, opusKinds partita
- apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)Synonyms: roomsType of apartment, flat
- the group following and attending to some important personSynonyms: cortegeretinueentourageType of gathering, assemblageKinds court, royal courtParts bodyguard
- a matching set of furnitureType of setKinds bedroom suite, livingroom suite, dining-room suite
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Translations
Noun group of connected rooms
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. See Suit, noun
1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, noun, 5.
2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, noun, 6.
Mr. Barnard took one of the candles that stood upon the king's table, and lighted his majesty through a suite of rooms till they came to a private door into the library.— James Boswell
3. Music One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54