[swiːt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a set of rooms designated for one person's or family's use or for a particular purpose
(e.g: a suite of reception rooms)

- a set of instrumental compositions, originally in dance style, to be played in succession

- a group of people in attendance on a monarch or other person of high rank
(e.g: the Royal Saloon was built for the use of the Queen and her suite)

- a set of programs with a uniform design and the ability to share data

- a group of minerals, rocks, or fossils occurring together and characteristic of a location or period
(e.g: potassic rock suites are a characteristic feature of the area)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in sense suite): from French, from Anglo-Norman French siwte (see suit)