Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To become quiet or quieter.

    become quiet or quieter

  2. (transitive)To make temporarily inactive or disabled.

  3. (transitive)To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin quiēscō ("I rest, repose, become quiet").

Borrowed from Latin quiēscō ("I rest, repose, become quiet").

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Forms

quiesces, quiescing, quiesced, quiesced
Base formquiesce · to quiesce
3rd person singularquiesces
Present participlequiescing
Past simplequiesced
Past participlequiesced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquiesce
he, she, itquiesces

Past simpleLesson

all personsquiesced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quiesced
he, she, ithas quiesced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quiesce

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
RelatedquietA1quiescent
Derivedquiesce timeunquiesce

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quicksilverquidquiescentquietA1
quiesce — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto