suite

suite  (swt)

n.

1. A staff of attendants or followers; a retinue.

2.

a. A group of related things intended to be used together; a set.

b. also (st) A set of matching furniture: a dining room suite.

3. A series of connected rooms used as a living unit.

4. Music

a. An instrumental composition, especially of the 17th or 18th century, consisting of a succession of dances in the same or related keys.

b. An instrumental composition consisting of a series of varying movements or pieces.

5. Computer Science

a. A group of software products packaged and sold together, usually having a consistent look and feel, a common installation, and shared macros.

b. A group of procedures that work cooperatively: The TCP/IP suite of protocols includes FTP and Telnet.

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[French, from Old French; see suit.]

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suite [swiːt]

n

1. a series of items intended to be used together; set

2. (Business / Commerce) a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit the presidential suite

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a matching set of furniture, esp of two armchairs and a settee

4. a number of attendants or followers

5. (Music / Classical Music) 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.

[from French, from Old French sieute; see suit]

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Suite a connected series of items; a retinue of attendants. See also set, staff.

Examples: suite of childish amusements, 1770; of apartments, 1858; English authors, 1824; of crystals, 1805; of tree sparrow’s eggs, 1864; of letters, 1761; of minerals; of musical pieces; of computer programmes—Ponton, 1984; of rooms, 1716; of shells, 1833; of fair white teeth, 1845; of trumps, 1850; of woe, 1602.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	suite - a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece - a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" partita - (music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century
	2.	suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) rooms apartment, flat - a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house
	3.	suite - the group following and attending to some important person entourage, retinue, cortege assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person royal court, court - the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince
	4.	suite - a matching set of furniture set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth" bedroom set, bedroom suite - a suite of furniture for the bedroom diningroom set, diningroom suite - a suite of furniture for the dining room livingroom set, livingroom suite - a suite of furniture for the living room

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suite

noun

1. rooms, apartment, set of rooms, living quarters a suite at the Paris Hilton

2. set, series, collection We will run a suite of checks.

3. attendants, escorts, entourage, train, followers, retainers, retinue Fox and his suite sat there, looking uncertain.

Translations

suite [swiːt] N

1. (Mus) → suite f

2. (= rooms) → suite f
a suite of rooms → habitaciones fpl
bridal suite → suite f nupcial
honeymoon suite → suite f nupcial
a suite of offices → un grupo de oficinas

3. [of furniture] → juego m
we're going to buy a new suite this year → vamos a comprar un nuevo juego de sofá y sillones este año
bathroom suite → conjunto m or muebles mpl de baño
bedroom suite → (juego m de) dormitorio m
dining-room suite → comedor m
a suite of furniture → un juego de muebles
three-piece suite → tresillo m

4. (= entourage) → séquito m

5. (Comput) a suite of programs → una serie f de programas

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suite [ˈswiːt] n

[rooms] → suite f

(= furniture) a three-piece suite → un salon (canapé et deux fauteuils) bedroom suite, dining room suite

(MUSIC) → suite f

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suite

n (of retainers) → Gefolge nt; (of furniture) → Garnitur f; (= chairs and sofa) → Sitzgarnitur f; (of rooms) → Suite f, → Zimmerflucht f; (Mus) → Suite f; bedroom suite → Schlafzimmergarnitur or -einrichtung f; 3-piece suite → dreiteilige Sitzgarnitur

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suite [swiːt] n (of rooms) → appartamento; (in hotel) → suite f inv (Mus) → suite f inv; (furniture) dining room suite → arredo or mobilia per la sala da pranzo
a bathroom suite → i sanitari e gli arredi per il bagno
a bedroom suite → una camera da letto
a three-piece suite → un divano e due poltrone

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suite [swiːt] n (of rooms) → appartamento; (in hotel) → suite f inv (Mus) → suite f inv; (furniture) dining room suite → arredo or mobilia per la sala da pranzo
a bathroom suite → i sanitari e gli arredi per il bagno
a bedroom suite → una camera da letto
a three-piece suite → un divano e due poltrone

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suite

n suite [swiːt]

a number of things forming a set a suite of furniture; He has composed a suite of music for the film. suite طَقْم أثاث، تأْليف موسيقي من عِدَّة حَرَكات комплект souprava; suita suite die Serie σετ juego; suite (música) komplekt, tsükkel مجموعه sarja ensemble; suite מַעֲרֶכֶת वाद्य संगीत रचना, परिकर, परिजन, कमरों का पांत, सेट svita, garnitura garnitúra; szvit setelan húsgagnasamstæða; svíta, runa insieme; suite, sequenza 一組 한 벌 komplektas, rinkinys, visuma komplekts set stel, suite sett; møblement; suite komplet, zestaw, suita série ansamblu; suită гарнитур; сюита súprava; suita garnitura; suita garnitura möbel, möblemang ห้องชุด takım; grup; süit 套，組 набір, комплект ایک قسم کی چیزوں کا سلسلہ bộ 套，组

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