quieten down
To become quieterTo become quieter.
» Let's wait until things quieten down.
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3 senses(UK, intransitive)To become quieter.
As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.
(UK, intransitive)To reduce intensity of an activity.
Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.
(UK, transitive)To make someone or something become quieter.
The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.
Examples
6 sentencesLet's wait until things quieten down.
Quieten down, or you'll be kicked out.
deRuhe oder du fliegst raus. — virgil
Quieten down, or you'll be out on your ear.
deRuhe oder du fliegst raus. — virgil
Thus money in circulation drops, and price escalation quietens down.
Her fears gradually quietened down.
deIhre Furcht legte sich allmählich. — xtofu80
Forms
quietens down, quietening down, quietened down, quietened down| Base form | quieten down · to quieten down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | quietens down |
| Present participle | quietening down |
| Past simple | quietened down |
| Past participle | quietened down |
irregular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.