quite
English dictionary entry
Meanings
adv
- To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
- With verbs, especially past participles.
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs.
- With predicative adjectives.
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc.
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions.
- With adverbs of manner.
- In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.)
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs.
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative.
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable.
intj
- Indicates agreement; exactly so.
noun
- A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
Pronunciation
kwīt
/kwaɪt/
en-us-quite.ogg
/ˈkiːteɪ/
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Word forms
quite
quight
quites
Etymology
A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).
Synonyms
very
absolutely
fully
thoroughly
totally
utterly
all-out
tout à fait
all the way
blind
altogether
at large
at length
cap-a-pie
categorically
completely
detailly
downright
entirely
exhaustively
finally
first and last
flat-out
flat out
from aardvark to zymurgy
from A to Z
from head to toe
from soup to nuts
from stem to stern
from the rooter to the tooter
from top to bottom
from top to toe
handsomely
heartily
head to foot
head to tail
head to toe
hook
line
and sinker
in detail
in full
lock
stock
and barrel
one hundred percent
out-and-out
out and out
outright
particularly
perfectly
plumb
properly
purely
quite
right
root and branch
soundly
soup-to-nuts
straight up
Translations
Bulgarian: съвсем
Bulgarian: напълно
Bulgarian: наистина
Bulgarian: действително
Catalan: completament
Catalan: del tot
Catalan: totalment
Catalan: exactament
Catalan: verdaderament
Chinese Mandarin: 挺
Chinese Mandarin: 好生
Chinese Mandarin: 夠 /够
Czech: dost
Czech: zcela
Czech: naprosto
Czech: úplně
Danish: ganske
Danish: helt
Danish: fuldt ud
Danish: fuldstændig
Esperanto: tute
Esperanto: plene
Finnish: paljon
Finnish: kovasti
Finnish: varsin
Finnish: sangen
Finnish: täysin
Finnish: kokonaan
Finnish: aivan
French: tout à fait
French: complètement
French: vraiment
Georgian: სავსებით
Georgian: სრულიად
Georgian: მთლიანად
Georgian: ნამდვილად
German: ganz
German: völlig
German: ganz und gar
German: höchst
German: recht
German: geradezu
German: buchstäblich
German: ausgesprochen
Ancient Greek: πάγχυ
Hindi: काफ़ी
Hindi: बिलकुल
Hungarian: teljesen
Irish: ar fad
Italian: proprio
Italian: piuttosto
Korean: 상당히
Korean: 완전히
Latvian: ļoti
Latvian: gluži
Latvian: visai
Latvian: īsti
Malay: agak
Norwegian: temmelig
Norwegian: helt
Old English: eall
Old Norse: ǫllungis
Polish: całkowicie
Polish: całkiem
Portuguese: totalmente
Portuguese: completamente
Portuguese: realmente
Romanian: complet
Romanian: total
Romanian: realmente
Romanian: cu adevărat
Russian: вполне́
Russian: весьма́
Russian: изря́дно
Russian: во́все
Russian: по́лностью
Russian: совсе́м
Slovene: precej
Spanish: considerablemente
Spanish: bastante
Spanish: asaz
Spanish: tremendo
Spanish: completamente
Spanish: menudo
Swedish: fullständigt
Swedish: helt
Swedish: komplett
Swedish: verkligen
Swedish: alldeles
Swedish: sannerligen
Tagalog: napaka-
Turkish: tam
Ukrainian: цілко́м
Ukrainian: по́вністю
Ukrainian: зо́всім
Dutch: volkomen
Japanese: すっかり
Japanese: 丸で
Marathi: पूर्णपणे
Urdu: بالکل
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