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quiet

From Wiktionary
quiet is on the Basic English 850 List.
quick - quiet - quite
quiet is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
quid - quiet - quite

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Positive
quiet

Comparative
quieter

Superlative
quietest

  1. Not loud; making no sound or making very little sound.
    This young person is very quiet now because she is reading a book.
    You should be quiet in a library or a movie theater.
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Notes

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Sometimes quiet is confused with "quite."

Verb

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Plain form
quiet

Third-person singular
quiets

Past tense
quieted

Past participle
quieted

Present participle
quieting

  1. To calm or soften, as a sound.
    She quieted the cries of her baby.
  2. To remove, allay.
    The manager quieted their protest with a few words.
    Her presence quiets his fears.

Noun

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Singular
quiet

Plural
none

  1. (uncountable) A calm or not noisy time or place.
    You like the quiet.