quieten

qui·et·en

Q0031400 (kwī′ĭ-tn)tr. & intr.v. qui·et·ened, qui·et·en·ing, qui·et·ens Chiefly British To make or become quiet.

quieten

(ˈkwaɪətən) vb1. (often foll by down) to make or become calm, silent, etc; pacify or become peaceful2. (tr) to allay (fear, doubts, etc)

qui•et•en

(ˈkwaɪ ɪ tn)

v.t., v.i. Chiefly Brit. to quiet. [1820–30] qui′et•en•er, n.

quieten

Past participle: quietened
Gerund: quietening

Imperative
quieten
quieten

Present
I quieten
you quieten
he/she/it quietens
we quieten
you quieten
they quieten

Preterite
I quietened
you quietened
he/she/it quietened
we quietened
you quietened
they quietened

Present Continuous
I am quietening
you are quietening
he/she/it is quietening
we are quietening
you are quietening
they are quietening

Present Perfect
I have quietened
you have quietened
he/she/it has quietened
we have quietened
you have quietened
they have quietened

Past Continuous
I was quietening
you were quietening
he/she/it was quietening
we were quietening
you were quietening
they were quietening

Past Perfect
I had quietened
you had quietened
he/she/it had quietened
we had quietened
you had quietened
they had quietened

Future
I will quieten
you will quieten
he/she/it will quieten
we will quieten
you will quieten
they will quieten

Future Perfect
I will have quietened
you will have quietened
he/she/it will have quietened
we will have quietened
you will have quietened
they will have quietened

Future Continuous
I will be quietening
you will be quietening
he/she/it will be quietening
we will be quietening
you will be quietening
they will be quietening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been quietening
you have been quietening
he/she/it has been quietening
we have been quietening
you have been quietening
they have been quietening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been quietening
you will have been quietening
he/she/it will have been quietening
we will have been quietening
you will have been quietening
they will have been quietening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been quietening
you had been quietening
he/she/it had been quietening
we had been quietening
you had been quietening
they had been quietening

Conditional
I would quieten
you would quieten
he/she/it would quieten
we would quieten
you would quieten
they would quieten

Past Conditional
I would have quietened
you would have quietened
he/she/it would have quietened
we would have quietened
you would have quietened
they would have quietened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quieten - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, hushsilence, still, hush, hush up, quieten, shut up - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"change intensity - increase or decrease in intensitylouden - become louder; "The room loudened considerably"
	2.	quieten - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm, calm down, quiet, lulllull - calm by deception; "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"compose - calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult"appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"reassure, assure - cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"comfort, console, solace, soothe - give moral or emotional strength to
	3.	quieten - cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"silence, still, hush, hush up, shut upshush - silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"lull, calm down - become quiet or less intensive; "the fighting lulled for a moment"shout down - silence or overwhelm by shoutingpipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush - become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"gag, muzzle - prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"louden - cause to become loud

quieten

verb1. silence, subdue, stifle, still, stop, quiet, mute, hush, quell, muffle, shush (informal) She tried to quieten her breathing.2. soothe, calm, allay, dull, blunt, alleviate, appease, lull, mitigate, assuage, mollify, deaden, tranquillize, palliate a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West
soothe upset, provoke, intensify, worsen, exacerbate, aggravatequieten someone down calm someone down, comfort, soothe, subdue, pacify Somehow I managed to quieten her down.

quieten

verbTo cause to become silent:hush, quiet, shush, shut up, silence, still.

Translations

使安静使平静平息

quiet

(ˈkwaiət) adjective1. not making very much, or any, noise; without very much, or any, noise. Tell the children to be quiet; It's very quiet out in the country; a quiet person. 安靜的 安静的2. free from worry, excitement etc. I live a very quiet life. 平靜的 平静的，宁静的 3. without much movement or activity; not busy. We'll have a quiet afternoon watching television. 悠閒的 闲适的4. (of colours) not bright. (指顏色)暗淡的 素净的，（指颜色）朴素的 noun a state, atmosphere, period of time etc which is quiet. In the quiet of the night; All I want is peace and quiet. 安靜 安静 verb (especially American. often with down) to quieten. 使安靜，變安靜 使平静，使安心 ˈquieten verb1. (often with down) to make or become quiet. I expect you to quieten down when I come into the classroom. 使安靜，變安靜 使平静，使安静 2. to remove or lessen (a person's fears, doubts etc). 消弭或減輕(恐懼、疑慮等) 平息ˈquietly adverb 安靜地 安静地ˈquietness noun 安靜 安静，平静 keep quiet about to say nothing about; to keep secret. I'd like you to keep quiet about the child's father being in prison. 保持沉默，保守秘密 保持沉默，保守秘密 on the quiet secretly; without letting anyone find out. He went out of the office to enjoy a cigarette on the quiet. 秘密地 秘密地

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quiet is an adjective: She has a quiet voice ;
Keep quiet.
quite is an adverb: This book is quite good .