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quite
English
Alternative forms
- quight (obsolete)
Etymology 1
A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: kw?t, IPA(key): /kwa?t/
- Rhymes: -a?t
Adverb
quite (not comparable)
- To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
- Synonyms: absolutely, fully, thoroughly, totally, utterly; see also Thesaurus:completely
- With verbs, especially past participles. [from 14th c.]
- 2005, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 4 October:
- Nobuyoshi Araki has been called a monster, a pornographer and a genius—and the photographer quite agrees.
- 2005, Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 4 October:
- With prepositional phrases and spatial adverbs. [from 15th c.]
- 1891, Thomas Nelson Page, On Newfound River:
- Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars.
- 2010, Joanna Briscoe, The Guardian, 30 October:
- Religion and parochial etiquette are probed to reveal unhealthy, and sometimes shockingly violent, internal desires quite at odds with the surface life of a town in which tolerance is preached.
- 1891, Thomas Nelson Page, On Newfound River:
- With predicative adjectives. [from 15th c.]
- With attributive adjectives, following an (especially indefinite) article; chiefly as expressing contrast, difference etc. [from 16th c.]
- 2003, Richard Dawkins, A Devil's Chaplain:
- When I warned him that his words might be offensive to identical twins, he said that identical twins were a quite different case.
- 2011, Peter Preston, The Observer, 18 September:
- Create a new, quite separate, private company – say Murdoch Newspaper Holdings – and give it all, or most of, the papers that News Corp owns.
- 2003, Richard Dawkins, A Devil's Chaplain:
- Preceding nouns introduced by the indefinite article. Chiefly in negative constructions. [from 16th c.]
- With adverbs of manner. [from 17th c.]
- 2009, John F. Schmutz, The Battle of the Crater: A complete history:
- However, the proceedings were quite carefully orchestrated to produce what seemed to be a predetermined outcome.
- 2011, Bob Burgess, The Guardian, 18 October:
- Higher education institutions in the UK are, quite rightly, largely autonomous.
- 2009, John F. Schmutz, The Battle of the Crater: A complete history:
- In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.) [from 17th c.]
- 1898, Charles Gavrice, Nell of Shorne Mills:
- "My little plot has been rather successful, after all, hasn't it?" "Quite a perfect success," said Drake.
- 2001, Paul Brown, The Guardian, 7 February:
- While the government claims to lead the world with its plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, the figures tell quite a different story.
- 1898, Charles Gavrice, Nell of Shorne Mills:
- With plain adjectives, past participles, and adverbs. [from 18th c.]
- 2010, Dave Hill, The Guardian, 5 November:
- London Underground is quite unique in how many front line staff it has, as anyone who has travelled on the Paris Metro or New York Subway will testify.
- 2010, Dave Hill, The Guardian, 5 November:
- Coming before the definite article and an attributive superlative. [from 18th c.]
- 1923, "The New Pictures", Time, 8 October:
- Scaramouche has already been greeted as the finest French Revolution yet brought to the screen-and even if you are a little weary of seeing a strongly American band of sans-culottes demolish a pasteboard Paris, you should not miss Scaramouche, for it is quite the best thing Rex Ingram has done since The Four Horsemen.
- 1923, "The New Pictures", Time, 8 October:
- Before a noun preceded by an indefinite article; now often with ironic implications that the noun in question is particularly noteworthy or remarkable. [from 18th c.]
- 1830, Senate debate, 15 April:
- To debauch the Indians with rum and cheat them of their land was quite a Government affair, and not at all criminal; but to use rum to cheat them of their peltry, was an abomination in the sight of the law.
- 2011, Gilbert Morris, The Crossing:
- “Looks like you and Clay had quite a party,” she said with a glimmer in her dark blue eyes.
- 1830, Senate debate, 15 April:
- Before a noun preceded by the definite article. [from 18th c.]
- 2006, Sherman Alexie, "When the story stolen is your own", Time, 6 February:
- His memoir features a child named Tommy Nothing Fancy who suffers from and dies of a seizure disorder. Quite the coincidence, don't you think?
- 2006, Sherman Alexie, "When the story stolen is your own", Time, 6 February:
- (now rare) With prepositional or adverbial phrases. [from 18th c.]
- Coming before the indefinite article and an attributive adjective. (Now largely merged with moderative senses, below.) [from 17th c.]
- To a moderate extent or degree; somewhat, rather. [from 19th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:moderately
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".
Derived terms
- quite a few
Translations
Interjection
quite
- (chiefly Britain) Indicates agreement; exactly so.
Etymology 2
From Spanish quite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ki?te?/
Noun
quite (plural quites)
- (bullfighting) A series of passes made with the cape to distract the bull.
Anagrams
- quiet
Galician
Verb
quite
- first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
Latin
Verb
qu?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of que?
Old French
Adjective
quite m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quite)
- Alternative form of quitte
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese quite, from Old French quitte (“free; liberated”), from Latin qui?tus.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?ki.t?/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?ki.t??i/
- Homophone: kiti
- Hyphenation: qui?te
Adjective
quite (plural quites, comparable)
- quit (released from obligation)
- settled
- divorced
Derived terms
- estamos quites
Verb
quite
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of quitar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of quitar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of quitar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of quitar
Spanish
Noun
quite m (plural quites)
- the action of removal
- a swerve or sidestep
Derived terms
Verb
quite
- first-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of quitar
quite From the web:
- what quite unmanned in folly
- what quite mean
- what quite unmanned in folly meaning
- what quite unmanned in folly ... fie for shame
- what quitters understand about the job market
- what quite a bit means
- what quotes
already
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??l???di/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l???di/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /?l???di/
- Hyphenation: al?read?y
Etymology 1
From Middle English alredy, alredi, equivalent to al- +? ready. Compare Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids (“already”), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.
Adverb
already (not comparable)
- Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
- I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.
- Much of what he said I knew already.
- It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.
- So soon.
Usage notes
Already may be used with the present perfect (I have already done that), the past perfect (I had already done it by then), the future perfect (When you arrive, the business will already have been completed) or the simple future (When you arrive, the business will already be complete)."Already" and "all ready" do not mean the same thing. The two-word term can be used to mean "fully prepared".
Translations
Descendants
- ? Gulf Arabic: ?????? (orr?di)
See also
- yet
Etymology 2
Semantic loan from Yiddish ????? (shoyn).
Adverb
already (not comparable)
- (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
Anagrams
- adlayer
already From the web:
- what already happened in 2021
- what already mean
- what already know
- what already known about the topic
- what already yes
- what already know about the topic
- whats going to happen in 2021
- what will be happening in 2021
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