suite

UK /swiːt/ US /swiːt/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

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

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

2

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

a suite of rooms

a suite of minerals

3

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

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

4

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

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 instrumenta

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