transcription, транскрипция: [ kwaɪət ]
( quieter, quietest, quiets, quieting, quieted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise.
Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented...
A quiet murmur passed through the classroom...
The airlines have invested enormous sums in new, quieter aircraft.
≠ noisy
ADJ
• qui‧et‧ly
‘This is goodbye, isn’t it?’ she said quietly...
ADV : ADV with v
• qui‧et‧ness
...the smoothness and quietness of the flight.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If a place is quiet , there is very little noise there.
She was received in a small, quiet office...
The street was unnaturally quiet.
≠ noisy
ADJ
• qui‧et‧ness
I miss the quietness of the countryside.
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If a place, situation, or time is quiet , there is no excitement, activity, or trouble.
It is very quiet without him...
While he wanted Los Angeles and partying, she wanted a quiet life...
ADJ
• qui‧et‧ly
His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm.
ADV : ADV with v
• qui‧et‧ness
I do very much appreciate the quietness and privacy here.
N-UNCOUNT
4.
Quiet is silence.
He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honor...
N-UNCOUNT
5.
If you are quiet , you are not saying anything.
I told them to be quiet and go to sleep...
ADJ : v-link ADJ
• qui‧et‧ly
Amy stood quietly in the doorway watching him.
ADV : ADV with v
6.
If you refer, for example, to someone’s quiet confidence or quiet despair, you mean that they do not say much about the way they are feeling.
He has a quiet confidence in his ability...
ADJ : ADJ n
• qui‧et‧ly
Nigel Deering, the publisher, is quietly confident about the magazine’s chances.
ADV : ADV adj
7.
You describe activities as quiet when they happen in secret or in such a way that people do not notice them.
The Swedes had sought his freedom through quiet diplomacy...
ADJ : ADJ n
• qui‧et‧ly
I slipped away quietly...
The goal of shifting freight from road to rail has been quietly abandoned...
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj
8.
A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset.
He’s a nice quiet man.
= placid
ADJ
9.
If someone or something quiets or if you quiet them, they become less noisy, less active, or silent. ( mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use quieten )
The wind dropped and the sea quieted...
Estela started to say something but a gesture from her husband quieted her at once.
VERB : V , V n
10.
To quiet fears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good reason for them. ( mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use quieten )
Music seemed to quiet her anxiety and loneliness.
VERB : V n
11.
If someone does not go quietly , they do not leave a particular job or a place without complaining or resisting.
She’s not going to go quietly.
PHRASE : V inflects
12.
If you keep quiet about something or keep something quiet , you do not say anything about it.
I told her to keep quiet about it...
PHRASE : V inflects
13.
If something is done on the quiet , it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it.
She’d promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could see.
PHRASE : PHR after v