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suite

suite [ sweet ] (plural suites)

noun

Definition:

1. set of rooms: a set of rooms, e.g. in a hotel

2. set of matching furniture: a set of matching furniture for a room, e.g. a bed, end tables, and a dresser for a bedroom

3. comput integrated software package: a collection of integrated application programs functioning as a single program, each of which can incorporate data from the others, eliminating the need for re-entry or transfer of data

4. music set of instrumental works performed together: a set of instrumental pieces, especially dances, intended to be performed together

5. people with VIP: a group of followers, servants, or advisers accompanying somebody important

[Late 17th century. Via French< assumed Vulgar Latin sequere (see suit)]

Spelling Note


	suite or sweet? Do not confuse the spelling of suite and sweet, which sound similar. A suite is a set of rooms, furniture, computer programs, or musical works, as in the presidential suite, a three-piece suite, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. Sweet refers to the presence of sugar or the absence of salt or bitterness (sweet drinks), and also has approving meanings such as "pleasant" or "kind" (sweet music, a sweet person); as a noun it denotes "an item of sweet food."