Definition of: suite

(swēt; for def. 3, also st) noun
1. A succession of things forming a series; a set of things having a certain dependence upon each other and intended to go or be used together.
2. A number of connected apartments.
3. A set of furniture.
4. A collection of pictures illustrating consecutive events.
5. Music A form of instrumental composition formerly consisting of a series of dances, but now often written for an orchestra and varying freely in its construction and movements.
6. A retinue; a company of attendants or followers. ♦ Homophone: sweet. [<F <OF sieute. Doublet of SUIT.]