Suite Meaning
/swiːt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA group or train of attendants, servants etc.; a retinue.
nounA connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together.
Sentence Examples
I'd like a suite.
We were entranced by the fabulous suite.
This suite is three times larger than my condominium.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel offered a luxurious ____ that included a living room, bedroom, and bathroom.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They stayed in a luxury ____ at the hotel that included a private balcony and a beautiful view of the sea.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Middle French suite. See also the doublet suit.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[A]s to men, we shall live altogether at the Duc de Romagnecourt's, his suite of servants will be ours."
— 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 259:
"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."
— 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page vii:
"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,[…]."
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The hotel offered a luxurious ____ that included a living room, bedroom, and bathroom.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They stayed in a luxury ____ at the hotel that included a private balcony and a beautiful view of the sea.