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verb
- 1. make or become quiet and calm: British "her mother was trying to quieten her" Similar
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QUIETEN definition: to (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy: . Learn more.
Definitions of quieten. verb. become quiet or quieter. synonyms: hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down. hush, hush up, shut up, silence, still. cause to be quiet or not talk. see more. verb. cause to be quiet or not talk.
The meaning of QUIETEN is quiet. How to use quieten in a sentence.
If you quieten someone or something, or if they quieten, you make them become less noisy, less active, or silent.
Quieten definition: to become quiet (often followed by down).. See examples of QUIETEN used in a sentence.
QUIETEN meaning: to (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy: . Learn more.
quieten (somebody/something) (down) to become calmer or less noisy; to make somebody/something calmer or less noisy. The chatter of voices gradually quietened. Things seem to have quietened down a bit this afternoon (= we are not so busy, etc.).
verb. 1. 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.
What does the verb quieten mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb quieten. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the verb quieten? About 0.3 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the verb quieten pronounced?
1. If you quieten someone or something, or if they quieten, you make them become less noisy, less active, or silent. [mainly British] [...] 2. To quieten fears or complaints means to persuade people that there is no good reason for them. [mainly British] [...] More. Conjugations of 'quieten' present simple: I quieten, you quieten [...]
