quiet
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
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mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
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Etymology: From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
Inflected forms:
form: quieter
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more quiet
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: quietest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most quiet
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: quiets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: quieting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: quieted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: quieted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: quiets
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
pos: adj
examples: I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.
On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.
Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."
gloss: Having little motion or activity; calm.
pos: adj
examples: the sea was quiet
a quiet night at home
all quiet on the Western front
gloss: Not busy, of low quantity.
pos: adj
examples: The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.
Business was quiet for the season.
It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
gloss: Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
pos: adj
examples: He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers.
gloss: Not showy; undemonstrative.
pos: adj
examples: a quiet dress
quiet colours
a quiet movement
For women, it requires "quiet"-colored clothes, with fully covered collarbones, ankles, and knees.
gloss: Requiring little or no interaction.
pos: adj
examples: a quiet install
gloss: To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.
The umpire quieted the crowd so the game could continue in peace.
For thou haſt created us for thy ſelfe, and our heart cannot be quieted till it may fine repoſe in thee.
gloss: To become quiet or calm.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: When you quiet, we can start talking.
gloss: The absence of sound; quietness.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.
We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.
gloss: The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The King & his Nobles thinke they may ſleepe in quiet,
Now they haue giuen vs a little holy water at the Court,
But thers no ſuch matter, we be no ſuch fooles,
To be bobd out with words and after come to hanging: […]
gloss: Be quiet.
pos: intj
examples: Quiet! The children are sleeping.
Synonyms: faint
hushed
low
muffled
quiet
quiet as a grave
quiet as a mouse
quiet as a church mouse
soft
still
stifled
tranquil
Antonyms: noisy
silent
Related words: gentle
susurrant
susurrous
Derived words: all quiet on the Western Front
be quiet
bequiet
dead quiet
nonquiet
overquiet
Quaalude
quiet as a church mouse
quiet as a grave
quiet as a snowflake
quiet as the grave
quiet carriage
quiet coyote
quiet coyote gesture
quiet cracking
quieten
quiet firing
quiet fox
quiet fox gesture
quietful
quiet hands
quiet hiring
quiet horror
quietish
quietistic
quietless
quietlike
quiet luxury
quietly
quiet move
quietness
quiet quit
quiet quitting
quiet revolution
quiet room
quietsome
quiet storm
quietway
quiet zone
radioquiet
say the quiet part loud
say the quiet part out loud
so quiet one could hear a pin drop
so quiet you can hear a pin drop
superquiet
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