quiet

quiet
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noun
ADJECTIVE
relative

a period of comparative quiet

sudden
awful, eerie
VERB + QUIET
break (esp. AmE), pierce (esp. AmE), shatter

A machine gun shattered the quiet.

QUIET + VERB
follow

in the sudden quiet that followed the gunshot

PHRASES
peace and quiet

I'm going home now for a bit of peace and quiet!

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verb
Quiet is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mind
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adj.
1 with little or no noise; not talking
VERBS
be
become, fall, go, grow
keep, lie, remain, sit, stay

Just sit quiet for a moment, there's a good boy.

keep sb/sth

Keep that dog quiet, will you!

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
all

Suddenly the room went all quiet.

awfully, remarkably, unusually

Everyone went awfully quiet.

absolutely, completely, perfectly
deathly, eerily

The house was eerily quiet.

dangerously

His voice was dangerously quiet as he asked the question.

oddly, strangely, unnaturally

She went back to a strangely quiet house.

surprisingly, uncharacteristically
PREPOSITION
about

I knew I had to keep quiet about it.

PHRASES
nice (and) quiet

I was looking forward to a nice quiet afternoon.

2 without much activity
VERBS
be, look, seem
become
lie, remain, sit

Lie quiet for an hour and you'll feel better.

keep sb/sth

Keep the patient as quiet as possible.

ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.
reasonably (esp. BrE), relatively
enough

Things seemed quiet enough, but it was an uneasy calm.

Quiet is used with these nouns: ↑amusement, ↑assurance, ↑celebration, ↑ceremony, ↑charm, ↑chat, ↑chuckle, ↑click, ↑confidence, ↑confines, ↑contemplation, ↑contentment, ↑conversation, ↑corner, ↑countryside, ↑day, ↑desperation, ↑determination, ↑dignity, ↑dinner, ↑diplomacy, ↑drink, ↑enjoyment, ↑evening, ↑existence, ↑groan, ↑knock, ↑lane, ↑laughter, ↑life, ↑man, ↑manner, ↑meditation, ↑menace, ↑moan, ↑moment, ↑morning, ↑murmur, ↑music, ↑neighbourhood, ↑night, ↑passage, ↑place, ↑pleasure, ↑prayer, ↑read, ↑reflection, ↑resignation, ↑retreat, ↑revolution, ↑road, ↑room, ↑satisfaction, ↑seclusion, ↑serenity, ↑sigh, ↑sob, ↑solitude, ↑spell, ↑spot, ↑street, ↑suburb, ↑surroundings, ↑tone, ↑trading, ↑type, ↑village, ↑voice, ↑week, ↑whisper, ↑word
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adv.
Quiet is used with these verbs: ↑sleep

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