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Princeton's WordNet

  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!"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Quiteadverb

    Completely; perfectly.

    Etymology: this is derived, by the etymologists, from quittè, discharged, free, Fr. which however at first appearance unlikely is much favoured by the original use of the word, which was, in this combination, quite and clean; that is, with aclean riddance: its present signification was gradually introduced.

    Those latter exclude not the former quite and clean as unnecessary. Richard Hooker, b. i.

    He hath sold us, and quite devoured our money. Gen. xxxi.

    If some foreign ideas will offer themselves, reject them, and hinder them from running away with our thoughts quite from the subject in hand. John Locke.

    The same actions may be aimed at different ends, and arise from quite contrary principles. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

ChatGPT

  1. quite

    Quite can be used as an adverb to indicate a high degree or level of something. It can suggest completeness, intensity, or extent. Additionally, it can also mean fairly, rather, or somewhat. The exact meaning can vary depending on the context in which it is used.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Quite

    see Quit

  2. Quiteadjective

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

  3. Quiteadjective

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

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

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  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

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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. David Fleming:

    It's not necessarily against a system that it collapses, because most systems do collapse in the end. That’s a part of the wheel of life - systems do collapse. So I’m to some extent slightly inclined to forgive capitalism for being about to collapse. I mean there are lots of fine things, lots of love affairs and the like which have come to a sticky end. On the other hand, it is quite an accusation - quite hard for it to live down - that it's going to destroy the entire planet with it.

  2. Peace Boat:

    We need to choose carefully who we work with, as they need to share our long-term vision, not just want to finance an asset, shipping finance companies are quite conservative and our design and plan is quite creative, quite unique. That uniqueness adds value but it can be a challenge to convince conservative financiers.

  3. Liviu Matei:

    There are many current examples that show quite powerfully that higher education does play quite a significant role in building national identity and supporting its assertion.

  4. Gianluca Ambrosetti:

    You would, of course, not have just one Sunflower but several so you can scale it up quite easily, hospitals, for instance, are quite energy intensive -- if you needed 1.2 mW to run a hospital you'd need 100 sunflowers.

  5. Dodie Smith:

    The family-that dear octopus from whese tentacles we never quite escape nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to.

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