Quiet - определение. Что такое Quiet

quiet

(quieter, quietest, quiets, quieting, quieted)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

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

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

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

Quiet is silence.

He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honor...

N-UNCOUNT

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

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

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

A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset.

He's a nice quiet man.

= placid

ADJ

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

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