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quite
quitevery; to a degree; rather: quite a lovely compliment
Not to be confused with:quiet – still; soothing; hushed; calm: quiet the animals quit – stop, cease, surrender, release, resign: quit the job quite Q0039100 (kwīt)adv.1. To the greatest extent; completely: quite alone; not quite finished. See Usage Note at perfect.2. Actually; really: I'm quite positive about it.3. To a degree; rather: quite soon; quite tasty.
[Middle English, from quite, clear, free, from Old French, from Latin quiētus, freed; see quiet.]quite (kwaɪt) adv1. to the greatest extent; completely or absolutely: you're quite right; quite the opposite. 2. (not used with a negative) to a noticeable or partial extent; somewhat: she's quite pretty. 3. in actuality; truly: he thought the bag was heavy, but it was quite light; it's quite the thing to do. 4. quite a (not used with a negative) of an exceptional, considerable, or noticeable kind: quite a girl; quite a long walk. 5. quite something a remarkable or noteworthy thing or personsentence substitute Also: quite so an expression used to indicate agreement or assent[C14: adverbial use of quite (adj) quit]Usage: See at veryquite (kwaɪt)
adv. 1. completely, wholly, or entirely: not quite finished. 2. actually, really, or truly: quite a sudden change. 3. to a considerable extent or degree: quite small. [1300–50; Middle English, adv. use of quit(e), a variant of quit(te) quit, the meaning of the two forms not being distinct in Middle English] quiet quite1. 'quiet'Quiet is an adjective. Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise. Bal said in a quiet voice, 'I have resigned.'The airlines have invested a lot of money in new, quieter aircraft.If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there. It was very quiet there; you could just hear the wind moving in the trees.2. 'quite'Don't confuse quiet /'kwaɪət/ with quite /kwaɪt/. You use quite to show that something is the case to a fairly great extent. See quiteThesaurus| Adv. | 1. | quite - to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"rather | | 2. | quite - to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it" | | 3. | quite - of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"quite a, quite an | | 4. | quite - actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!" |
quiteadverb1. somewhat, rather, fairly, reasonably, kind of (informal), pretty (informal), relatively, moderately, to some extent, comparatively, to some degree, to a certain extent I was doing quite well, but I wasn't earning a lot of money.2. absolutely, perfectly, completely, totally, fully, entirely, precisely, considerably, wholly, in all respects, without reservation It is quite clear that we were firing in self defence.quiteadverb1. To the fullest extent:absolutely, all, altogether, completely, dead, entirely, flat, fully, just, perfectly, thoroughly, totally, utterly, well, wholly.Informal: clean, clear.Idioms: in toto, through and through.2. To a considerable extent:considerably, far, much, well.Idioms: by a long shot, by a wide margin, by far.Translationsquite (kwait) adverb1. completely; entirely. This is quite impossible. 完全，十分 完全，十分 2. fairly; rather; to a certain extent. It's quite warm today; He's quite a good artist; I quite like the idea. 相當 相当 interjection exactly; indeed; I agree. `I think he is being unfair to her.' `Quite'. 的確 的确
see also quiet. - The house is quite big → 这房子很大哦
quite
quite somethingsomething very good or remarkable. You should see their new house. It's quite something. Meg's mother has bought a new hat for the wedding and it's quite something.See:- (something) is one thing, (something else) is (quite) another
- batting on a sticky wicket
- be (batting) on a sticky wicket
- be in a sticky situation
- be not all there
- be not all/quite there
- be quite something
- big as life
- feel for
- have a pair
- I didn't (quite) catch that
- I didn't (quite) catch that (last) remark
- I'm having quite a time
- in a sticky situation
- it's one thing to (do sth), it's another thing to (do sth else)
- it's one thing to (do sth), it's quite another to (do sth else)
- not (quite) right in the head
- not quite
- not quite the thing
- on a sticky wicket
- quite
- quite a
- quite a (something)
- quite a bit
- quite a change
- quite a few
- quite a lot
- quite a ways
- quite a while
- quite a/some somebody/something
- quite so
- quite some (something)
- quite some time
- quite the (most something)
- quite the best, the worst, etc. something
- quite the little
- quite the little (something)
- speaking quite frankly
- This doesn't quite suit me
quite
Synonyms for quiteadv somewhatSynonyms- somewhat
- rather
- fairly
- reasonably
- kind of
- pretty
- relatively
- moderately
- to some extent
- comparatively
- to some degree
- to a certain extent
adv absolutelySynonyms- absolutely
- perfectly
- completely
- totally
- fully
- entirely
- precisely
- considerably
- wholly
- in all respects
- without reservation
Synonyms for quiteadv to the fullest extentSynonyms- absolutely
- all
- altogether
- completely
- dead
- entirely
- flat
- fully
- just
- perfectly
- thoroughly
- totally
- utterly
- well
- wholly
- clean
- clear
adv to a considerable extentSynonymsSynonyms for quiteadv to a degree (not used with a negative)Synonymsadv of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)Synonyms |