Meaning of SUITE
| Pronunciation: | | sweet
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- [n] apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
- [n] a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
- [n] a matching set of furniture
- [n] the group following and attending to some important person
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| | Synonyms: | | cortege, entourage, retinue, rooms |
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| | See Also: | | apartment, assemblage, bedroom set, bedroom suite, bodyguard, composition, court, diningroom set, diningroom suite, flat, gathering, guard, livingroom set, livingroom suite, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music, royal court, set | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Suite\, n. [F. See {Suit}, n.]
1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished
personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See {Suit}, n.,
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}, n., 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. --Boswell.
3. (Mus.) 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.
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