suite
/swiːt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
noun
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.
noun
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.
noun
Example Sentences
- "[A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the Duc de Romagnecourt's, his suite of servants will be ours."
- "a suite of rooms"
- "a suite of minerals"
- "Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand."
- "The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century,[…]."
- "The Presidential suite is well appointed and allows for good security."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sekʷ-, suite