Word: Suite
How to pronounce: swiːt
Noun
Definitions:
1. A set of rooms designated for one person's or family's use or for a particular purpose.
Example sentences: "A suite of reception rooms"
2. A set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession.
Example sentences: "His division of works into dance suites and more serious music is essentially the same as Corelli's distinction between sonate da camera and sonate da chiesa."
3. A group of people in attendance on a monarch or other person of high rank.
Example sentences: "The Royal Saloon was built for the use of the Queen and her suite"
4. A set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data.
Example sentences: "All the programs in the suite have a coherent design, even when you start getting into their more complex settings, and it's in this usability that McAfee is head and shoulders above any of its rivals."
5. A group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period.
Example sentences: "Potassic rock suites are a characteristic feature of the area"
Synonyms:
apartment
room
flat
retinue
entourage
set
package
the package
batch
parcel
block
cortege
train
collection
array
bunch
following
Derivations:
suit
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Suite in Other Languages...
Spanish: Suite
German: Suite
French: Suite
Italian: Suite
Turkish: Süit
