suite meaning in English — retainer, retinue, sequel

English meaning

retainer noun A fee paid in advance to secure someone's services, especially a lawyer's.
retinue noun A group of assistants, guards, or followers accompanying an important person.
sequel noun A book, film, or show that continues the story of an earlier one, usually picking up after it.
sequence noun A set of things arranged in a particular order, one after another.
series noun A number of related things that come one after another, or a set of connected events.
straight adjective Extending in one direction without bending or curving.
string noun A thin cord or length of twisted thread, or a similar thin, flexible strand.
suit noun A matching jacket and trousers (or skirt) worn together as formal or business clothing.
suite noun A set of connected rooms, especially in a hotel.

suite is used for these senses in English:

retainer A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
retinue A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.
sequel (narratology) A narrative that is written after another narrative set in the same universe, especially a narrative that is chronologically set after its predecessors, or (perhaps improper usage) any narrative that has a preceding narrative of its own.
sequence (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
sequence (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
series A number of things that follow on one after the other or are connected one after the other.
straight (poker) Five cards in sequence.
string A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.

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