What does "suite" mean?
A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
Suite
/swiːt/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
- Grammar: suite is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: acid rock, adapted, apartment, apartment.
- Useful contrasts: discrete pieces, one room, separate items.
- Usage evidence: We were entranced by the fabulous suite.
How to use "suite"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
"[A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the Duc de Romagnecourt's, his suite of servants will be ours."
- 2 apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) wordnet
- 3 A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
"a suite of rooms"
- 4 a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected wordnet
- 5 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."
Show 5 more definitions
- 6 a matching set of furniture wordnet
- 7 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.
- 8 the group following and attending to some important person wordnet
- 9 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.
- 10 A group of related computer programs distributed together.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
discrete piecesone roomseparate itemssingle item
Example
"We were entranced by the fabulous suite."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "suite"?
Common synonyms include: acid rock, adapted, apartment, apartment, apartments, array.
How do you use "suite" in a sentence?
We were entranced by the fabulous suite.
How do you pronounce "suite"?
Pronounced /swiːt/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.