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/ |
- 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’.
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