Noun

(en noun)

A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage; as, the suite of an ambassador.

A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together; a set; as, a suite of rooms; a suite of minerals.

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Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

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A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

(music)  A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.

(music)  An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite'' is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet ''The Nutcracker'', and the ''Carmen Suite'' is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera ''Carmen .

Noun

(en noun)

A convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert.

* 1846 , ,

To the left the caravan animals, securely picketed, at regular distances of some fifteen yards apart, occupied an area of several acres.

* 1888 , ,

“Would they could have foretold that my caravan would have been cut up by the Shinwaris almost within shadow of the Pass!” grunted the Eusufzai agent of a Rajputana trading-house whose goods had been feloniously diverted into the hands of other robbers just across the Border, and whose misfortunes were the laughing-stock of the bazar. “Ohé, priest, whence come you and whither do you go?”

* 1897 , , Chapter 21,

Camel caravans , and courageous teamsters opened regular carrying businesses between Southern Cross and Coolgardie, while coaches began to run over the desert.

(UK, Australia, NZ) A furnished vehicle towed behind a car, etc., and used as a dwelling when stationary.

* 2006 , Roger Cross, Avon Hudson, Beyond Belief: The British Bomb Tests: Australia's Veterans Speak Out , page 92,

The caravans' were the demarcation between the non-radioactive areas and the radioactive areas. There were two main '''caravans''', one for people going into the forward area, and the other ' caravan was for people returning.

* 2009 , Chris Cleave, Incendiary , unnumbered page,

The best thing about caravans' is that they're always exactly the same, said Terence Butcher. You can tow your ' caravan to Brighton or Bournemouth or Bognor. Doesn?t make the blindest bit of difference. When you close the door behind you at the end of the day you?re home.

* 2010 , Jo Nesbo, Nemesis , page 357,

At the end of the car park were three caravans .