SUITE

suite, rooms

(noun) apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

suite

(noun) a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

suite

(noun) a matching set of furniture

cortege, retinue, suite, entourage

(noun) the group following and attending to some important person

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

suite (plural suites)

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage

A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together

A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

(music) 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.

(music) 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.

(computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.

Hyponyms

• (computing): office suite, test suite

• (music): dance suite

Anagrams

• Stuie, Tieus, etuis, use it, étuis

Source: Wiktionary

Suite, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition