# suite

Pronunciation: say "SWEET" US /swit/, UK /swiːt/

## Noun

1. A group of connected rooms, usually able to be closed off from other rooms by their own entrance.
   - Simple: A set of connected rooms that work together as one private space, like in a hotel.
   - _They booked the honeymoon suite for the weekend._
   - _The clinic occupies a suite of three rooms on the second floor._
2. A group of related computer programs distributed together as a single package.
   - Simple: A set of computer programs that are sold or installed together as one package.
   - _The company bundles its design suite with photo, video, and audio editors._
   - _After the merger, the two companies' antivirus, firewall, and backup tools were sold as a single suite._
3. A connected series of objects, or a number of things used or grouped together.
   - Simple: A set of things that go together or form a series.
   - _The museum displayed a suite of paintings from the artist's later years._
   - _Lawmakers introduced a suite of reforms aimed at cleaning up the rivers._
4. A musical form, popular before the sonata, made up of a series of pieces in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, sometimes with an elaborate prelude.
   - Simple: A piece of music made of several short dances, all in the same key.
   - _The composer arranged each suite around a single key, moving from allemande to gigue._
   - _Baroque audiences enjoyed a suite far more than the later sonata._
5. An excerpt of instrumental music drawn from a larger work that also contains other elements, such as the dancing in a ballet or the singing in an opera.
   - Simple: Music taken out of a bigger work, like a ballet or opera, and played on its own.
   - _The concert program featured a suite arranged from the film's score._
   - _Audiences hear the suite far more often than the full ballet it came from._
6. The group of attendants, aides, and servants who accompany a person of high rank.
   - Simple: A group of servants or helpers who travel with an important person.
   - _The ambassador traveled with a suite of aides and translators._
   - _Behind the prince came a suite of courtiers in fine dress._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle French "suite," and a doublet of the word "suit."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/suite (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).