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What (who) is Quiet - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Quiet (song); Quiet (disambiguation)
quiet
n. to shatter the quiet
quiet
(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
• quietly
'This is goodbye, isn't it?' she said quietly...
ADV: ADV with v
• quietness
...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
• quietness
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
• quietly
His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm.
ADV: ADV with v
• quietness
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
• quietly
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
• quietly
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
• quietly
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
quiet
Broke. Having no money. See also jing
Hey, would you spot me some jing...I'm quiet
Hey, would you spot me some jing...I'm quiet
Wikipedia
Quiet
Examples of use of Quiet
1. Is the airport quiet?" Shomron: "Everything is currently quiet.
2. "Until there is quiet, terrorist organisations will know no quiet.
3. It‘s so quiet out there, but perhaps it‘s too quiet.
4. Quiet night "During the night it was quiet," he said.
5. "I care more about our quiet than their quiet," he said.