suite vs suit

Definitions

noun

1. the group following and attending to some important person
2. a matching set of furniture
3. apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)
4. a musical composition of several movements only loosely connected

Examples

I play the stunning orchestral suite quite often, at which time the film comes vividly alive again and again.

Unlike anything else in his catalog, Aura is a ten-part suite composed by Danish flugelhornist Palle Mikkelbourg as a tribute.

Even the en suite bathroom of the bedroom she shared with Emily could be described by no other word than glorious!

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Definitions

verb

1. enhance the appearance of
2. be agreeable or acceptable to
3. be agreeable or acceptable
4. accord or comport with

noun

1. playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color
2. a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank
3. a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
4. a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color
5. a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)

Examples

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It was of a suitable Ash Wednesday character and left the congregation feeling sober and a little cast down.

She took a lot of tweed and heavy suiting, an ankle-length dress and platform shoes - quite the bonkers stuff.

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