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noun

suite

SWEET/swiːt/

A coordinated set of related items.

The hotel suite includes a connected sitting room and bedroom.

View through open connecting doors between a hotel sitting room and bedroom, coherent connected suite, warm clean decor.
Etymology
suiteLatinattend, follow

The root “follow” underlies a train of attendants and, more broadly, a collection forming a sequence. A suite of rooms applies that collective idea to connected rooms treated as one set.

In context

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More examples

  • Our hotel suite has two bedrooms and a shared sitting area.
  • The orchestra performs a suite of dances from the ballet.
  • The furniture suite includes a matching sofa and two chairs.

Forms

suite · suites

Similar words

set
A general group, without necessarily coordinated parts or shared functions.
collection
Emphasizes items gathered together rather than designed to work together.
package
Emphasizes items or services bundled and offered as one unit.