suite

matched furniture: a bedroom suite; connected rooms: The suite contains a sitting room, two bedrooms, and two baths.

Not to be confused with:

sweet – the taste experience of sugar; a food rich in sugar; pleasing to the mind or feelings: a sweet deal; in an affectionate manner: You are very sweet to me.

suite

(swēt)

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

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

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

3. A series of connected rooms, as in a hotel or office building, used as a single unit.

4. Music

a. An instrumental composition, especially of the 1600s or 1700s, 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. Computers

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.

[French, from Old French; see suit.]

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suite

(swiːt)

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

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

3. (Furniture) a matching set of furniture, esp of two armchairs and a settee

4. a number of attendants or followers

5. (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

[C17: from French, from Old French sieute; see suit]

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suite

(swit; for 3 often sut)

n.

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 matching furniture, esp. for one room.

4. a company of followers or attendants; train or retinue.

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. Computers. a group of software programs sold as a unit and usu. designed to work together.

[1665–75; < French, metathetic variant of Old French siute suit]

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.

suit

– suite

1. 'suit'

Suit (/suːt/) can be a verb or a noun.

If something suits you, it is convenient, acceptable, or appropriate for you.

Would Monday suit you?

A job where I was indoors all day wouldn't suit me.

A suit is a set of clothes made from the same material.

He arrived at the office in a suit and tie.

2. 'suite'

Suite (/swiːt/) is a noun.

A suite is a set of rooms in a hotel.

They always stayed in a suite at the Ritz.

A suite is also a set of matching furniture for a sitting room or bathroom.

I need a three-piece suite for the lounge.

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suite

A group of dances, or a set of instrumental pieces drawn from a longer opera, ballet, or similar work.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

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.

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suite

noun

1. A group of attendants or followers:

entourage, following, retinue, train.

2. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:

chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, train.

Informal: streak.

Translations

جَنَاح

apartmásoupravasuita

suite

Serie Suite

σουίτα

suite juego

sviitti

clique cortège ensemble escorte suite

apartman

garnitúraszvit

húsgagnasamstæîa; svíta, runa

suite annesso appartamento bagno sala da pranzo

スイート

스위트 룸

komplekts

suite

suite møblement

komplet meblisuita

suite suíte

комплект набор свита сюита

apartma

svit

ห้องชุด

grup suitsüittakım

dãy phòng

套套房组

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

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

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

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

suite

(swiːt) noun

a number of things forming a set. a suite of furniture; He has composed a suite of music for the film.

suite

→ جَنَاح apartmá suite Suite σουίτα suite sviitti suite apartman suite スイート 스위트 룸 suite suite komplet mebli suite, suíte комплект svit ห้องชุด suit dãy phòng 套房

suite

n sala; endoscopy — sala de endoscopia