Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.

    Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.

    The umpire quieted the crowd so the game could continue in peace.

    ruhen

    успока́иватьuspokáivatʹ, успоко́итьuspokóitʹ

    become quiet or quieter

  2. (intransitive)To become quiet or calm.

    When you quiet, we can start talking.

    успока́иватьсяuspokáivatʹsja, успоко́итьсяuspokóitʹsja

    make calm or still

Examples

1849 sentences

  1. Be quiet and listen to me.

    Заспокойся і послухай мене. — deniko

    ruУспокойся и послушай меня. — marafon

    deSei ruhig und hör mir zu. — Zaghawa

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  2. The baby was quiet all night.

    Дитина була спокійна всю ніч. — deniko

    ruРебёнок спокойно проспал всю ночь. — marafon

    deDas Baby war die ganze Nacht still. — MUIRIEL

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  3. He told us to keep quiet.

    Він сказав нам, щоб ми замовкли. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн сказал нам сидеть тихо. — marafon

    deEr sagte, wir sollen den Mund halten. — Manfredo

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  4. Tom told Mary to be quiet.

    Том сказав Мері зберігати тишу. — deniko

    ruТом сказал Мэри замолчать. — marafon

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  5. I live on a quiet street.

    Я мешкаю на тихій вулиці. — deniko

    ruЯ живу на тихой улице. — odexed

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cause (someone or something) to become quiet:
to become quiet or calm:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cause (someone or something) to become quiet:

Origin

From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Lati

From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".

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Forms

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

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsquieted

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quiet

Synonyms

12 synonyms
quiet downquieten
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • keep quiet
  • to be quiet
  • peace and quiet
  • was very quiet
  • please be quiet
  • stay quiet
  • to keep quiet
  • a quiet life
  • a very quiet
  • go somewhere quiet
  • is a quiet
  • would be quiet

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quicksilverquidquiescentquietenquietlyA2quietnessquill

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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