suite

/sweet/

  • noun 1 a set of rooms for one person’s or family’s use or for a particular purpose. 2 a set of furniture of the same design. 3 Music a set of instrumental compositions to be played in succession. 4 a set of pieces from an opera or musical arranged as one instrumental work.

  — ORIGIN French, from Old French siwte (see SUIT).

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