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The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.
John Forsythe

Meaning of "quieten" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF QUIETEN

quieten  [ˈkwaɪətən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUIETEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quieten is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb quieten in English.

WHAT DOES QUIETEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of quieten in the English dictionary

The definition of quieten in the dictionary is to make or become calm, silent, etc; pacify or become peaceful. Other definition of quieten is to allay.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO QUIETEN

PRESENT

Present
I quieten
you quieten
he/she/it quietens
we quieten
you quieten
they quieten
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
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I quietened
you quietened
he/she/it quietened
we quietened
you quietened
they 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
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will quieten
you will quieten
he/she/it will quieten
we will quieten
you will quieten
they will quieten
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
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 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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would quieten
you would quieten
he/she/it would quieten
we would quieten
you would quieten
they would quieten
Conditional continuous
I would be quietening
you would be quietening
he/she/it would be quietening
we would be quietening
you would be quietening
they would be quietening
Conditional perfect
I would have quieten
you would have quieten
he/she/it would have quieten
we would have quieten
you would have quieten
they would have quieten
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been quietening
you would have been quietening
he/she/it would have been quietening
we would have been quietening
you would have been quietening
they would have been quietening
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you quieten
we let´s quieten
you quieten
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to quieten
Past participle
quietened
Present Participle
quietening
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUIETEN


Atherton
ˈæθətən
Chadderton
ˈtʃædətən
charlatan
ˈʃɑːlətən
Chatterton
ˈtʃætətən
Chesterton
ˈtʃɛstətən
ciclaton
ˈsɪklətən
Ireton
ˈaɪətən
Northallerton
nɔːˈθælətən
Pinkerton
ˈpɪŋkətən
Sheraton
ˈʃɛrətən
tarlatan
ˈtɑːlətən
Tetragrammaton
ˌtɛtrəˈɡræmətən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUIETEN

quidnunc
quids in
quiesce
quiescence
quiescency
quiescent
quiescent tank
quiescently
quiet
Quiet Revolution
quietener
quietism
quietist
quietistic
quietive
quietly
quietness
quietsome
quietude
quietus

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUIETEN

beaten
disquieten
eaten
eten
forgotten
gluten
gotten
kindergarten
kitten
laten
listen
often
outsweeten
oversweeten
paten
seiten
Sudeten
sweeten
ten
written

Synonyms and antonyms of quieten in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «QUIETEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «quieten» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of quieten

Translation of «quieten» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUIETEN

Find out the translation of quieten to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quieten from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quieten» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抚慰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quieten
570 millions of speakers

English

quieten
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शांत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أعصاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

успокаивались
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quieten
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শান্ত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

taire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tenang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beruhigen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

静める
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

조용해
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tenangen
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

yên ổn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமைதியாக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शांत करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

susturmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quieten
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyciszenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заспокоювалися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

liniști
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηρεμώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedaring
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quieten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

roe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quieten

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUIETEN»

The term «quieten» is normally little used and occupies the 123.924 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUIETEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quieten» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quieten» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quieten

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «QUIETEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word quieten.
1
John Forsythe
The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUIETEN»

Discover the use of quieten in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quieten and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Quiet Your Mind: How to Quieten Upsetting Thoughts and ...
By mastering the simple mind-management practices in this guide, you will discover how to keep your mind focused with increased calm, clarity and control.
John Selby, 2011
2
Working Sheep Dogs: A Practical Guide to Breeding, Training ...
they are running (so that they gain no advantage by running), until they quieten, and then back off. Otherwise you reward them for going fast by keeping off them, and so they will do this every time they are worked until they slow down simply ...
Tully Williams, 2007
3
PISA PISA 2009 Results: Learning Trends Changes in Student ...
... the teacher has to wait a long time for students to quieten down, students cannot work well, and students do not start working for a long time after the lesson begins. Similar questions were asked in PISA 2000, so responses can be compared ...
OECD, 2010
4
Home Recording For Musicians For Dummies
Normalize and Quieten only adjust the levels of the section that you choose to work with. So when you use these functions, be aware of how your edits relate to the music in and around your edits. For example, if you normalize or quieten a ...
Jeff Strong, 2011
5
Compact Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary
quieten. |. quote. N right vous avez entièrement raison; it's N all right c'est sans importance; are you N sure? en êtescvous certain?; N clearly <see> très clairement 2 (exactly) not N pas exactement; I don't N knowje ne sais pas du tout 3 (rather) ...
Marie-Hélène Corréard, 2013
6
Astadala Yogamala Volume-7
Before meditation, one needs to culture the brain and mind and learn how to relax and quieten them. Brain is the instigator of action in the art of living. Asana and pranayama keep the brain cells passive and receptive. lt is better to practise  ...
Yogacarya B. K. S. Iyengar
7
Between Nobodies and Stars: Stories, Portraits
'Quiet,' he'd shout out to himself, 'Quieten the traffic, quieten the honking of the hurrying busy-bodies, quieten the harangues of the loudspeakers, quieten the lusty laughters, quieten the weird bazaar noises.' What happened to his sympathy ...
Keshav Malik, 1985
8
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Gang to the stairheid to quieten the dog, \VILLocII Roscrfy Ends (I886) I35, ed. I889. LnII. l'm sair fasht \vi' the matterbrash mysel'. . . an' there's naething quatens 't like a wee hue 0' speerits, Munuoclt Readings (ed. I895) lll. II. Lth. The easiest ...
Joseph Wright
9
Gedenkschrift J.W. de Jong /cedited by H.W. Bodewitz and ...
One [type of] persons only quieten their own self, but do not quieten others, do not widely quieten others, do not have pity on the world, do not benefit the whole earth. The other [type of] persons do quieten their own self and also quieten others ...
H. W. Bodewitz, 實·原, 2004
10
A Clockwork Orange
When the state undertakes to reform Alex to "redeem" him, the novel asks, "At what cost?" This edition includes the controversial last chapter not published in the first edition and Burgess's introduction "A Clockwork Orange Resucked."
Anthony Burgess, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUIETEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quieten is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Inflation creeps back down to quieten hawks
Consumer price inflation in the United Kingdom crept down a fraction in June to hit flat zero from 0.1%, according to the Office for National Statistics. «Portfolio Adviser, Jul 15»
2
Government drawdown piggy bank would quieten critics
In this column, I may suggest something that could prove a little controversial among investment advisers: the government should consider setting up an ... «FT Adviser, Jun 15»
3
Indonesia seeks to quieten noisy mosques during Ramadan
Indonesia has set up a team to investigate complaints that its mosques are too noisy. Hussein Abdullah, vice president of the country's mosque council, told the ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
4
6 Times Other Disney Movies Told the Frozen Fangirls to Quieten
When Frozen was released by Disney in November 2013 the world went absolutely crazy for the sister-centric animated movie. Now, over a year-and-a-half later ... «moviepilot.com, Jun 15»
5
Empoli v Parma – Preview: Azzurri Looking To Quieten Crociati
Empoli v Parma – Preview: Azzurri Looking To Quieten Crociati. Join the team at Forza Italian Football. Apply Now!! manuel pucciarelli empoli Empoli host Serie ... «Forza Italian Football, Apr 15»
6
5 ways to quieten down your open office
A beautifully designed open office can be a useful factor in recruiting and retaining talent. Is it possible though to have a gorgeous workspace and maintain ... «Irish Times, Apr 15»
7
US CLOs quieten further
"It's been a moderate pace most of the week and it's relatively quiet today," says one trader. "The market has been a little distracted first in anticipation of the Fed ... «Structured Credit Investor, Mar 15»
8
Real Madrid 2-0 Levante: Bale doubles up to quieten critics
Real Madrid 2-0 Levante: Bale doubles up to quieten critics. Getty Images. 0. Mar 15, 2015 21:49:00. The Welshman tucked home from close range before ... «Goal.com, Mar 15»
9
VINES: Barcelona quieten the naysayers with 5-0 thrashing of Elche
With all the doubt that is currently circling the Camp Nou, many expected Barcelona to collapse into itself amidst rumours of unrest and talk of the one-or-other ... «SportsJOE.ie, Jan 15»
10
Manchester United's defensive failings quieten Premier League title …
The hesitancy of Jonny Evans, right, nearly gifted Mame Biram Diouf a goal for Stoke against Manchester United. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Images. «The Guardian, Jan 15»

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