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suite|swiːt|
Also 7 suitte.
[a. F. suite: see suit n.]
1. A train of followers, attendants, or servants; a retinue. Also ellipt. (colloq.) = members of a suite.
1673Dryden Marr. à la Mode v. i, A person who makes so grand a figure in the Court, without the Suitte of a Princess. 1752Chesterfield Lett. (1792) III. 261, I have..secured you a place in the Suite of the King's electoral Embassador. 1766G. Williams in Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. (1843) II. 32 Lord Lincoln..set out immediately with his whole suite for Jack Shelley's. 1788Pasquin Childr. Thespis (1792) 80 Like the suite of the morning, which Guido drew dancing. 1817M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) II. 353 Breakfasted..in company with the President and suite. 1877Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. ix. 104 Turning..to the young lords in the archbishop's suite. 1889Lady Dufferin Viceregal Life India I. 205 He and his wife and two ‘suite’ came to breakfast.
2. a. A succession or series; in earlier use often applied to a series of publications; now chiefly said of series of specimens.
1722Richardson Statues in Italy 151 Here is a Suite of Emperors; Busts, Antique. 1761T. Warton Life Bathurst 94 The following suite of letters, written by himself, while Vice-chancellor. 1770Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 53 A continued suite of childish amusements. 1779Gibbon in Life & Lett. (1880) 262 Another reason, which must..pin me to Bentinck-street, is the Decline and Fall. I have resolved to bring out the suite in the course of next year. 1805–17R. Jameson Charac. Min. (ed. 3) 127 The suite of crystals of a mineral species. 1824W. Irving in Life & Lett. (1862) II. 152 Mr. Galignani calls..about my editing suite of English authors. 1833Lyell Princ. Geol. III. Pref. p. viii, Suites of shells common to the Sub-apennine beds and to the Mediterranean. 1845S. Judd Margaret i. ii, His laughter exposed a suite of fair white teeth. 1858Thackeray Virgin. xxx, There is nothing so flattering in the world as a good suite of trumps. 1864J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 295 A suite of tree-sparrow's eggs, not less than 20 in number. 1874Westropp Prec. Stones 3 The colour suite [of diamonds] is, however, extensive.
b. A number of rooms forming a set used together by a person, a family or company of persons. Also in a suite = 5 b (below).
1716Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Mar 8 Sept., A suite of eight or ten large rooms. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xliv, A room that opens beyond the saloon, and terminates the suite. 1809Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life (1870) I. iii. 80 Five splendid rooms open in a suite. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 103 My suite of apartments were in a proud melancholy palace. 1885Mabel Collins Prettiest Woman i, Her home was a pretty little suite on the second floor.
c. A set of furniture of the same pattern. Now freq. with reference to a three-piece suite of two armchairs and a sofa.
1805Times 7 Nov. 4/2 An elegant drawing-room suite of 5 curtains, chairs, &c...suites of chairs, sofas. 1851Catal. Gt. Exhib. iii. 824/1 Suite of sculptured decorative furniture. 1883R. Broughton Belinda II. 286 The early English suite of rush-bottomed chairs. 1920‘O. Douglas’ Penny Plain v. 47 Can you imagine it furnished with a ‘suite’..and a grand piano? 1974I. Murdoch Sacred & Profane Love Machine 244 She had chosen..the maroon armchairs of corded velvet (they could not afford a ‘suite’).
d. Mus. † (a) A set or series of lessons, etc. (cf. suit n. 18 c); (b) a set of instrumental compositions (orig. of movements in dance style) to be played in succession; also, an assemblage of movements from opera or ballet scores.
1760J. Mainwaring Mem. Life G. F. Handel 68 The two first movements of Handel's seventh suite in the 1st Vol. of his Lessons formerly stood for the Overture in his famous opera of Agrippina. 1801Busby Dict. Mus., Suite, (French) The name formerly given to a set, or course, of lessons, sonatas, concertos, &c. [1811 adds Also applied to a single piece when consisting of several movements.] 1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 548 The grand cyclic forms of modern art, the offspring of the suites. 1887H. C. Banister Mus. Anal. 15 The Suites and Partitas of Bach. 1893G. B. Shaw Music in London 1890–94 (1932) III. 1 The usual two or three concertos..selection of overtures, suite from the latest ‘incidental music’ composed for the theatres. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 42/1 Edward Alexander MacDowell..has written..symphonic poems, overtures, and suites for orchestra. 1928Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 3) V. 184/2 The composer..accepts the term ‘suite’ as one which allows him a freer hand than symphony and one which indicates more definiteness of design than symphonic poem. 1977Zigzag June 39/4 Only in the lengthy ‘Rangers At Midnight’ suite do the band really go over the top into arty cleverness.
e. Geol. A group of related minerals, rocks, or the like, esp. ones from the same place.
1845J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 678/2 Some of these marls contain beds of gypsum and fossils resembling the suite of Gosau. 1882A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 648 The earliest system or connected suite of deposits in the Palæozoic series has received the name of Cambrian. 1934Bull. Amer. Paleont. XXI. No. 71. 18 It is sometimes..convenient to bracket several intimately related members together into what are here called formational suites or in common speech ‘suites’. 1937Hatch & Wells Petrol. Igneous Rocks (ed. 9) v. ii. 273 As it is difficult to speak of a suite of associated rocks of one age and derived from a common magmatic source as a ‘province’, the term comagmatic assemblage is preferred. 1951[see nováčekite]. 1963, etc. [see ophiolite suite s.v. ophiolite b]. 1972Sci. Amer. Mar. 34/2 Delta and river deposits sweep back across the continent, covering the miogeocline with a suite of continental shales and conglomerates. 1974Nature 15 Nov. 219/2 X-ray diffraction analysis of residue in specimens from the eastern United States showed the mineral suite: chlorite, gibbsite, illite, kaolinite, [etc.]. 1978Sci. Amer. Sept. 85/2 Boundaries between such layers, where one characteristic suite of fossils gives way to another, provide the basis for dividing geologic time into eras, periods and epochs. 1980Encounter May 16/1 Those rocks (second sample though they might be from a suite already sampled by Shackleton) were..among the most precious data which could possibly have been obtained for geology.
f. A set of jewellery, esp. one containing matching pieces.
1869S. R. Hole Bk. about Roses viii. 109 Let him display..casket after casket of lustrous gems. Then invite her to select her suite. 1888J. Simmons Illustr. Trade Catal. 25 (heading) Coloured bright gold brooches and earrings. Separately, or in suites to match. 1936Watchmaker & Jeweller Feb. 187/2 (caption) A costume suite of gilt jewellery. 1981M. Babson Bejewelled Death i. 14 The Orpington Bequest..was the last of the monumental suites..to have survived.
g. The set of components which forms a lavatory; hence also, (matching) bathroom furniture or fittings.
1926–7Army & Navy Stores Catal. 325 The ‘Colonial’ Closet Suite, comprising strong Vulcanware closet-pan and trap..polished mahogany seat..cistern, cover and brackets, brass chain pull and pottery handle. 1951Catal. of Exhibits, South Bank Exhibition, Festival of Britain 125/1 W. C. suite. 1966Guardian 5 July 8/5 A tiled bathroom, with or without a coloured ‘suite’. 1973J. Thomson Death Cap i. 15 Pale green bathroom suite, fitted carpets, the lot.
h. Computers. A collection of related programs which can be run one after the other without interruption.
1967Oxford Computer Explained 9 This Suite is run twice a day. 1980R. McCrum In Secret State xi. 98 It was just a suite of programmes that wasn't in Lister's index.
3. A sequel, result. rare.
c1800H. K. White My own Character 27 And so in the suite, by these laudable ends, I've a great many foes. 1862Thackeray Philip xxiv, In case the battle of the previous night should have any suite.
4. A sequel to a literary work. rare.
1839W. Irving in Ticknor Prescott (1864) 181, I had always intended to write an account of the ‘Conquest of Mexico’, as a suite to my ‘Columbus’.
5. en suite (ɑ̃ ˈswiːt, Fr. ɑ̃ sɥit).
a. In agreement or harmony (with).
1797A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl (1813) II. 79 The decorations..were not even en suite with the polish of the owner's mind. 1860Once a Week 3 Nov. 520/1 She was an antique gem, was this concierge, and we thought if everything in the establishment were en suite [etc.].
b. Of rooms: In a series leading from one to the other; so as to form a suite or set. Also as one word and as adj.
1818Mrs. Opie New Tales I. 24 Elegant rooms thrown open en suite. 1837J. F. Cooper Europe I. 321 The state apartments lie en suite, in the main body of the building. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Feb. 31/3 (Advt.), Large and formal dining room, ensuite a roomy bright kitchen. Ibid. 17 Feb. 45 Main floor laundry. Ensuite bath to every bedroom.
▸ suitemate n. chiefly U.S. a person with whom one shares a suite in a college or university residence hall (cf. room-mate n.).
1923Sunday State Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) (Electronic text) 18 Nov. He writes Wesleyan friends that he is located on the fifth floor of the dormitory with a *suite mate. 1965Los Angeles Times 13 May vii. 5/1 Crosby, Heather's suitemate, tacked a letter to the bulletin board in the hall. 2003Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality 12 207 His suitemates complained about living with someone who identified as bisexual. |