quite

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adverb 1.2.1.1 Usage notes 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Antonyms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Interjection 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.4 Anagrams 2 Galician 2.1 Verb 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun 3.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kwīt, IPA: /kwaɪt/, SAMPA: /kwaIt/
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  Rhymes: -aɪt

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English quit (“‘quite’”)

[edit] Adverb

quite (comparative more quite, superlative most quite)

1. Completely; wholly; entirely; perfectly.

   The work is not quite done; you are quite mistaken.

2. To a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably.

   The car is quite damaged.

   I find him quite adorable.

3. To a moderate extent or degree (tone of speech will often indicate this almost conflicting usage)

   Well, I quite like the painting.

   Work was quite OK today.

   Work went quite well today.

[edit] Usage notes

• This is a non-descriptive qualifier, similar to fairly and rather and somewhat. Used where a plain adjective needs to be modified, but cannot be qualified. When spoken, the meaning can vary with the tone of voice and stress. He was quite big can mean anything from "not exactly small" to "almost huge".

[edit] Synonyms

• (completely; wholly): absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly

[edit] Antonyms

• (to a great extent): slightly

[edit] Translations

[edit] Interjection

quite!

1. An indication of emphatic agreement.

[edit] Derived terms

• quite so!
• quite a, quite some - something remarkable - (that's quite a black eye you have; that car is quite something)
• quite another - something separate - (that's quite another matter)
• quite a few, quite a lot - a considerable quantity, measure - (He has lost quite a few kilos)

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Adjective

quite (comparative more quite, superlative most quite)

1. Common misspelling of quiet.

[edit] Anagrams

• quiet

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

quite

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar.
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

quite m. (plural quites)

1. The action of removal
2. A swerve or sidestep

[edit] Verb

quite

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar.
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar.