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Definitions for quite
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Princeton's WordNet
quite, ratheradverb
to a degree (not used with a negative)
"quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
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"
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"
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
Quite
see Quit
Etymology: [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See Quit, a.]
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.]
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
Quite
kwīt (Spens.). Same as Quit.
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.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #261
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Written Corpus Frequency: #141
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'quite' in Adverbs Frequency: #35
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of quite in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of quite in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of quite in a Sentence
She is very fine but she is not under consideration. I ’m looking at a lot, looking at quite a few.
So although the number seems quite high, they are mostly linked to known existing outbreaks, that doesn't signal a particular change in global epidemiology but it does signal that the Korean authorities are following up very closely, very vigorously, on all the new cases and those outbreaks that they have identified.
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We are posting bail, quite frankly I suspect the timing of this was not coincidental. I think the whole purpose of this was to prevent him from doing that tribute to Nipsey [Hussle] on Sunday at the Grammys.
I've learned a lot in the last three years, it's been a journey of wisdom, talking to people ... and learning more about myself, the reality is I was quite tone deaf ... to a lot of the things that were happening in the climate, my response during that time, obviously hurt a lot of people, frustrated and angered a lot of people and I apologize to them. I'm still learning.
Initially, we sent out a lot of samples to Quest but their turnaround times were quite delayed recently, sometimes over a week, we're now transitioning to the Mayo Clinic Labs for our outpatient specimen testing.
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- الى حد كبيرArabic
- verdaderament, bastant, exactament, completament, totalmentCatalan, Valencian
- zcela, naprosto, docela, dost, úplněCzech
- völlig, ziemlich, recht, ganzGerman
- bastante, considerablemente, completamenteSpanish
- kohtalaisen, paljon, kovasti, melko, varsin, aivan, sangen, täysin, kokonaanFinnish
- tout à fait, complètement, vraiment, assezFrench
- ar fadIrish
- carScottish Gaelic
- बिलकुल, काफी, काफ़ीHindi
- nagyon, meglehetősen, teljesenHungarian
- cukupIndonesian
- proprioItalian
- דיHebrew
- 丸で, すっかり, かなりJapanese
- 꽤, 완전히, 상당히Korean
- īsti, gluži, ļoti, visaiLatvian
- पूर्णपणेMarathi
- volkomen, aardig, best, tamelijkDutch
- temmelig, helt, ganskeNorwegian
- całkiem, całkowiciePolish
- totalmente, bastante, completamente, razoavelmente, bemPortuguese
- совсем, изрядно, вовсе, довольно, весьма, полностью, вполнеRussian
- tämligen, ganskaSwedish
- மிகவும்Tamil
- oldukçaTurkish
- цілкомUkrainian
- بالکلUrdu
- kháVietnamese
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