1
: retinue
especially
: the personal staff accompanying a ruler, diplomat, or dignitary on official business
2
: a group of things forming a unit or constituting a collection : set: such as
a
: a group of rooms occupied as a unit
b(1)
: a 17th and 18th century instrumental musical form consisting of a series of dances in the same or related keys
(2)
: a modern instrumental composition in several movements of different character
(3)
: a long orchestral concert arrangement in suite form of material drawn from a longer work (such as a ballet)
c
: a collection of minerals or rocks having some characteristic in common (such as type or origin)
d
: a set of matched furniture
e
: a set of computer programs designed to work together and usually sold as a single unit
Examples of suite in a Sentence
a suite of offices on the fifth floor
The executive suite is on the top floor.
She checked into a suite.
We stayed in the hotel's honeymoon suite.
The orchestra will be performing a suite.
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Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
Up at the hospital, the pope is on the 10th floor in a special suite of rooms, including a chapel.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
The company’s work to move CNN to streaming may be rendered more complex by moves at the news operation itself, which has committed to launch a new suite of products for digital and mobile users.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
From the entry of their south-facing unit, a hallway leads past the kitchen to the living room and dining room and then to a guest-bedroom suite and laundry area.
—Christine Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Suite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suite. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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suite
noun
ˈswēt 
sense 2c is also ˈsüt
1
: the personal staff accompanying a ruler, diplomat, or dignitary on official business
2
: a group of things forming a unit or making up a collection: as
a
: a group of rooms occupied as a unit
b
: a piece of music for an orchestra usually consisting of several independent pieces written in the form of special dances or taken as selections from a larger work (as a ballet)
c
: a set of matched furniture for a room
a bedroom suite
Medical Definition
suite
noun
: a group of rooms in a medical facility dedicated to a specified function or specialty
a surgical suite
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