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    suite

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//swiːt//
    ; NAmE NAmE//swiːt//
    Computer software, Holiday accommodation, Staying in a hotel, Pieces of music
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  1. 1a set of rooms, especially in a hotel a hotel/private/honeymoon suite a suite of rooms/offices see also en suite Wordfinderhotelaccommodation, book, full board, holiday, hotel, reception, reservation, room service, suite, vacancy Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveprivate, luxury, bridal, … phrasesa suite of offices, a suite of rooms See full entry See related entries: Holiday accommodation, Staying in a hotel
  2. 2 a set of matching pieces of furniture a bathroom/bedroom suite (British English) a three-piece suite with two armchairs and a sofa Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivebathroom, bedroom, three-piece, … phrasesa suite of furniture See full entry
  3. 3 a piece of music made up of three or more related parts, for example pieces from an opera Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite See related entries: Pieces of music
  4. 4 (computing) a set of related computer programs a suite of software development tools See related entries: Computer software
    5.  Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, from Anglo-Norman French siwte, from a feminine past participle of a Romance verb based on Latin sequi ‘follow’.Extra examples We bought a three-piece suite for the living room. We’re having a new bathroom suite put in. a family suite of two interconnecting rooms a three-piece lounge suite a video editing suite She booked a hotel suite overlooking Central Park. The science centre is located in a suite of offices on the third floor.
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