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单词 suites
释义

suite

noun

ˈswēt How to pronounce suite (audio)
 sense 2d is also  ˈsüt
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

Synonyms

  • cortege
  • cortège
  • entourage
  • following
  • posse
  • retinue
  • tail
  • train
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Example Sentences

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.
Recent Examples on the Web For example, viewers are thrust into the Douglas bout after a hard jumpcut from Tyson in a hotel suite, surrounded by naked women, partying in Tokyo instead of training. Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022 The area of the room where the purse had been sitting – a bar counter between the living room area of the hotel suite and the bedroom – wasn’t fingerprinted, either. cincinnati.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Benítez de Rodríguez’s two-bedroom hotel suite overflows with the accoutrements of five separate lives. Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022 Guests who stay at the casual, 20 suite hotel The Shoals which opened in May on an active marina on Peconic Bay also have access to Payard’s creations. Laurie Werner, Forbes, 12 June 2022 The killer, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, died by suicide in the hotel suite, where investigators seized 24 guns, including AR-15 and AR-10 rifles with armor-piercing bullets. Aliyah Thomas, ABC News, 12 May 2022 Further up, the fourth floor includes a pair of bedrooms and a playroom, while the entire fifth floor has been transformed into a monumental primary suite complete with private terrace, separate office space and indulgent bath. David Kaufman, Robb Report, 24 Aug. 2022 The second floor contains the primary suite, the den, and the additional bedrooms and balconies. Lauren Beale, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 That includes managing and developing partnerships for YouTube’s suite of products, including the YouTube app (on mobile and connected-TV devices), YouTube Music, YouTube TV and the platform’s shopping services. Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French, from Old French siute, suite — more at suit entry 1

First Known Use

1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

suite

noun

ˈswēt How to pronounce suite (audio)
ˈsüt
1
: a number of connected rooms (as in a hotel)
2
: a set of matched furniture for a room

Medical Definition

suite

noun

ˈswēt How to pronounce suite (audio)
: a group of rooms in a medical facility dedicated to a specified function or specialty
a surgical suite

suites

noun

plural of suite
1
as in entourages
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person an athlete accompanied everywhere by a suite of attendants, including his personal trainer, a dietician, and a massage therapist

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • entourages
  • staffs
  • retinues
  • crews
  • posses
  • cortèges
  • staves
  • tails
  • followings
  • personnels
  • trains
  • corteges
  • assistants
  • attendants
  • courts
  • helpers
  • retainers
2
as in clusters
a number of things considered as a unit replaced the mismatched bed and chests of drawers with a handsome new bedroom suite

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • clusters
  • arrays
  • collections
  • batches
  • packages
  • groups
  • groupings
  • assemblages
  • bunches
  • sets
  • constellations
  • lots
  • assortments
  • varieties
  • banks
  • blocks
  • batteries
  • clumps
  • mixtures
  • series
  • bands
  • parcels
  • suits
  • clutches
  • clots
  • huddles
  • passels
  • musters
  • aggregates
  • aggregations
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • knots
  • accumulations
  • runs
  • miscellanies
  • conglomerations
  • sundries
  • agglomerations
  • jumbles
  • hodgepodges
  • cycles
  • odds and ends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • units
  • items
  • entities
  • singles
3
as in apartments
a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place whenever he visits the city, he stays in his uncle's 10th-floor suite

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • apartments
  • penthouses
  • lodgings
  • condominiums
  • flats
  • tenements
  • studios
  • condos
  • digs
  • efficiencies
  • duplexes
  • saloons
  • maisonettes
  • flatlets
  • efficiency apartments
  • studio apartments
  • duplex apartments
  • wings
  • salons
  • garden apartments
  • diggings
  • bedsits
  • triplexes
  • railroad flats
  • condominia
  • apartment houses
  • apartment buildings
  • granny flats
  • galleries
  • bed-sitting-room
  • walk-ups
  • tenement houses
  • cohousings
  • bed-sitters
  • floor-throughs
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