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SUITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
Synonyms:
rooms; suite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("suite" is a kind of...):
apartment; flat (a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A musical composition of several movements only loosely connected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("suite" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suite"):
partita ((music) an instrumental suite common in the 18th century)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A matching set of furniture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("suite" is a kind of...):
set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suite"):
bedroom set; bedroom suite (a suite of furniture for the bedroom)
dining-room set; dining-room suite; dining room set; dining room suite (a suite of furniture for the dining room)
living-room set; living-room suite; living room set; living room suite; livingroom set; livingroom suite (a suite of furniture for the living room)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The group following and attending to some important person
Synonyms:
cortege; entourage; retinue; suite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("suite" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Meronyms (parts of "suite"):
bodyguard (a group of men who escort and protect some important person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suite"):
court; royal court (the family and retinue of a sovereign or prince)
Context examples:
A suite of database and analysis tools for managing proteomics data; built on LabKey, the open source platform for science developed in partnership with the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center.
(Computational Proteomics Analysis System, NCI Thesaurus)
EXAMPLE(S): ambulance, helicopter, manufacturing site, service delivery location, home, emergency department, surgical suite, patient room.
(Place, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
With its suite of nine science instruments, Juno will investigate the existence of a solid planetary core, map Jupiter's intense magnetic field, measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere, and observe the planet's auroras.
(Juno Spacecraft in Orbit Around Mighty Jupiter, NASA)
From the windows I could see that the suite of rooms lay along to the south of the castle, the windows of the end room looking out both west and south. On the latter side, as well as to the former, there was a great precipice.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
A team using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has made the first detection of nitrogen on the surface of Mars from release during heating of Martian sediments.
(Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen on Mars, NASA)
By studying how these distantly related plants – which split from their common ancestor roughly 400 million years ago – respond to pathogen infections, the research team discovered a suite of microbe-responsive gene families that date back to early land plant evolution.
(Ancient defence strategy continues to protect plants from pathogens, University of Cambridge)
Earlier research from Reh’s lab showed that in newborn mice, Müller glia can be directed to become retinal neurons by activating a transcription factor called Ascl1, which in turn activates a suite of genes involved in regeneration.
(Researchers unlock regenerative potential of cells in the mouse retina, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers’ unique platform stabilizes large stacks of DNA needed for conferring key traits, allowing researchers to insert suites of genes so precisely that no unintended DNA is added or lost during the process.
(Innovative Approach to Breeding Could Mean Higher Yields and Better Crops, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A new study led by researchers at Penn State and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the first to combine whole genome sequencing and migration tracking technology to pinpoint a single gene associated with the complex suite of traits that determine migratory behavior.
(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)
We had ascended the kitchen stair and entered the suite of rooms upon the first floor.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
