Meaning

3 senses

  1. (US, intransitive)To become quieter.

    As the lights dimmed the general noise quieted down.

    become quiet or quieter

  2. (US, transitive)To make someone or something become quieter.

    The teacher did her best to quiet the children down.

  3. (US, intransitive, transitive)To diminish in intensity.

    Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quiets down.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. Tom asked Mary to quiet down.

    ruТом попросил Мэри угомониться. — sharptoothed

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  2. Whatever you do, stay quiet and stay down.

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  3. Quiet him down, will you?

    deKönntest du ihn bitte beruhigen? — xtofu80

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  4. Quiet down, please.

    ruУспокойтесь, пожалуйста. — sharptoothed

    deBeruhige dich bitte! — wolfgangth

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  5. Everyone quieted down.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

quiets down, quieting down, quieted down, quieted down
Base formquiet down · to quiet down
3rd person singularquiets down
Present participlequieting down
Past simplequieted down
Past participlequieted down

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquiet down
he, she, itquiets down

Past simpleLesson

all personsquieted down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quieted down
he, she, ithas quieted down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quiet down

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedquieten down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quietA1quietenquietlyA2quietnessquill
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