Definition of suites Suites
/swiˈts/ - [sweets] -
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What does suites mean?
Wiktionary 
- suites (Noun)
Plural of suite.
Part of speech
🔤- suites, noun, plural of suite.
WordNet
NounPlural: suites |
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| suite - a matching set of furniture | ||
| set several exercises intended to be done in series; "he did four sets of the incline bench press" | ||
| bedroom set, bedroom suite a suite of furniture for the bedroom | ||
| diningroom set, diningroom suite a suite of furniture for the dining room | ||
| suite - a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| suite - apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel) | ||
| rooms | ||
| suite - the group following and attending to some important person | ||
| cortege, retinue, entourage | ||
| assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place | ||
| bodyguard a group of men who escort and protect some important person | ||
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Wiktionary
- suite (Noun)
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. - suite (Noun)
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. - suite (Noun)
A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access. - suite (Noun)
A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. - suite (Noun)
An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music but not the dancing from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music but not the singing and dancing from the opera Carmen.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- suite (n.)
A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador. See Suit, n., 5. - suite (n.)
A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or clessed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals. See Suit, n., 6. - suite (n.)
One of the old musical forms, before the time of the more compact sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude. Some composers of the present day affect the suite form.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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An organized set of instrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed at a single sitting. -
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A luxury accommodation in a hotel consisting of multiple rooms instead of only one.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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swēt, n. a train of followers or attendants: a regular set, particularly of rooms: a series of dances arranged for instruments in the same or relative keys, and usually preceded by a prelude: a sequel. [Fr. Cf. Suit.]
Wikipedia 
- The word Suite (pronounce: "sweet") comes from the (French word “suite” meaning “a sequence”, i.e. several things that follow one another. In French the verb “suivre” means “to follow”.
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In music, a suite (pronounce "sweet") is a collection of short musical pieces which can be played one after another. The pieces are usually dance movements. The French word “suite” means “a sequence” of things, i.e. one thing following another.
In the 17th century many composers such as Bach and Handel wrote suites. They were collections of dances: usually an allemande, a courante, a sarabande and a gigue. Sometimes other dances were included as well, e.g. a minuet, gavotte, passepied or bourree. Sometimes the first movement was not a dance movement but an introduction. It may have been called a prelude or even overture. Some of Bach’s suites were called "Partitas". The French composer François Couperin called his suites "Ordres".
Bach wrote suites for orchestra which he called "overtures". Handel wrote two very famous collections of dance movements for orchestra: "Water Music" and "Music for the Royal Fireworks". These are also suites although they are not given that title. He also wrote 22 suites for keyboard, and Bach wrote "French Suites", "English Suites" and "Partitas" for keyboard as well as partitas for unaccompanied violin and suites for unaccompanied cello.
Earlier composers, e.g. Renaissance composers, had also written suites, but the word “suite” was not used until around the middle of the 17th century.
By the 1750s composers had stopped writing suites. They were more interested in the symphony and concerto,
In the late 19th century, the word "suite" started to be
Part of speech
🔤- suite, noun, singular of suites.
