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Definition of quiet verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

quiet

verb
 
/ˈkwaɪət/
 
/ˈkwaɪət/
[intransitive, transitive] (especially North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quiet
 
/ˈkwaɪət/
 
/ˈkwaɪət/
he / she / it quiets
 
/ˈkwaɪəts/
 
/ˈkwaɪəts/
past simple quieted
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪd/
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪd/
past participle quieted
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪd/
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪd/
-ing form quieting
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪŋ/
 
/ˈkwaɪətɪŋ/
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  1. to become calmer or less noisy; to make somebody/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.
    Word OriginMiddle English (originally as a noun denoting peace as opposed to war): via Old French, based on Latin quies, quiet- ‘repose, quiet’.
See quiet in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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