Suite

Quick meaning: Suite is a noun meaning A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

Meaning

A group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.

More Meanings

1. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
2. A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.
3. (computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.
4. (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.
5. (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.

Example Sentences

a suite of rooms

a suite of minerals

The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security.

[A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the Duc de Romagnecourt's, his suite of servants will be ours.

Word Forms

• suites

Synonyms for suite

Depending on context, synonyms include retinue, entourage, cortege, rooms.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include entourage, retinue, cortege, rooms, host, collection.

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