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Definition of quiet verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

quiet

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈkwaɪət//
 
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they quiet
 
 he / she / it quiets
 
 past simple quieted
 
 -ing form quieting
 
 
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to become calmer or less noisy; to make someone or something calmer or less noisy synonym calm down quiet (down) The demonstrators quieted down when the police arrived. quiet somebody/something (down) He's very good at quieting the kids.
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