Definitions for quite
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Princeton's WordNet(4.50 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. quite, ratheradverb

   to a degree (not used with a negative)

   "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

2. quiteadverb

   to the greatest extent; completely

   "you're quite right"; "she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"

3. quite, quite a, quite anadverb

   of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

   "her victory was quite something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon"

4. quiteadverb

   actually or truly or to an extreme

   "was quite a sudden change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage"; "Quite so!"

Webster Dictionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Quite

   see Quit

   Etymology: [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]

2. Quiteadjective

   completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite accomplished; to be quite mistaken

   Etymology: [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]

3. Quiteadjective

   to a great extent or degree; very; very much; considerably

   Etymology: [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Quite

   kwīt (Spens.). Same as Quit.

2. Quite

   kwīt, adv. completely: wholly: entirely.—Quite a little, a good few: considerable; Quite so, a phrase denoting assent in conversation. [Merely an adv. use of the adj. quit.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #261

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Written Corpus Frequency: #141

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Adverbs Frequency: #35

Anagrams for quite »

1. Quiet

How to pronounce quite?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of quite in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of quite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of quite in a Sentence

1. Alex Henderson:

   There’s going to be quite a lot of discussion about what shape Britain’s relationship with the European Union is going to take, if your business is going to be affected by those changes, then it's time to make your voices heard because I believe the UK government will be in a listening mood.

2. Gary Jenkins:

   Wednesday's inflation data might determine the extent of the ECB's action, confucius said it was good to live in interesting times, although Mr Draghi might well be thinking 'yes but not quite this interesting...' as yet again Greece threatens to upset the European apple cart.

3. Daniel Tobok:

   Whats frustrating with Baltimore is that its been quite a long time since the infection, if they arent fully operational by now, why are they still playing with this?

4. Robert Montgomery:

   If you achieve success, you will get applause, and if you get applause, you will hear it. My advice to you concerning applause is this enjoy it but never quite believe it.

5. Ian Williams:

   Sterling up and FTSE up does suggest that there's a slight sigh of relief generally, (The UK) is quite defensive, so in trade war times when industrials and tech are getting clobbered, that's not so much of problem for the UK because those sectors are not as big in weighting terms as they are for the Euro zone or the U.S..

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