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  1. noun A staff of attendants or followers; a retinue.
  2. noun A group of related things intended to be used together; a set.
  3. noun A set of matching furniture: a dining room suite.
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  • The main door of her suite was a few strides away. —  VoiceoftheGods
  • She said uncertainly, ‘There’s only one bedroom I know, but, as I said, this suite was all they had left. —  TheChristmasBride
  • DEAR KERMIT: General Kuroki and his suite are here and dined with us at a formal dinner last evening. —  Letters to His Children
  • The first thing he saw when he entered the suite was the blinking message light on the telephone. —  TheOne-WeekWife
  • A 30 day, time-limited free demo of the suite is already available for download, and can be installed and optionally purchased without affecting any existing versions of iWork already on the system. —  AppleInsider
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apartment ·  bedroom ·  bathroom ·  library ·  lounge ·  residence ·  mansion ·  cabin ·  hotel ·  hallway ·  facility ·  villa

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suite:   suites
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French, from Old French; see suit.

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  1. In earlier use a form of suit; in recent use, from French suite, a following, suit, suite: see suit.
 

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/sjut; ɪn prɛsɛnt əsɛ (dɛfs. 2/
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