suite
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6.0
- noun
- /swit/
- Specialized
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suite
- And so there was a French suite, a Spanish suite, a German suite, and then a Japanese suite.
- orchestral suite
- musical suite
- cello suite
And so there was a French suite, a Spanish suite, a German suite, and then a Japanese suite.
- And so there was a French suite, a Spanish suite, a German suite, and then a Japanese suite.
Examples
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The student, who was, as it turned out, very musical, wrote a beautiful suite for string ensemble.
Academic text (2015) -
Figure 4 shows the beginning of the gigue from Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suite No. 2.
Academic text (2015) -
And so this is a suite of five poems.
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Some of the pieces in the Canyon Suite I liked far more than others.
Academic text (2007) -
The high school orchestra premiered the suite at their spring concert.
Academic text (2015) -
The students were studying the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Academic text (2009) -
Now we will demonstrate the orchestration of Monsieur Desplat's musical suite.
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In Stravinsky's "Berceuse" from the Firebird Suite, the challenge is the tempo.
Academic text (1998) -
Although the titles were humorously and wittily changed, Ellington and Strayhorn adapted the suite innovatively and respectfully.
Academic text (1999) -
The concert featured a beautiful suite of classical pieces that mesmerized the audience.
Synonyms
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4.6
A piece of music made from several songs played together
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1.8
A musical work like a song or music played by instruments
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7.8
A musical piece for one or two instruments with several different parts
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3.8
A piece of music written by a composer
Idioms
Compounds
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3.1
A matching set of furniture for a bedroom, usually including a bed, a dresser and a nightstand
A set of matching furniture for the living room, usually with a sofa and chairs
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word suite comes from an old French word and the Latin root sequi, which means 'to follow'. A musical suite is a sequence of pieces that 'follow' one another, played together as a single work.