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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. Michael Gallagher:

    Quite honestly, this area has gone through a lot between the Thomas Fire and then right after that the debris flow from Montecito and Carpenteria where people were killed, and now this.

  2. Yin Cao:

    This is quite high and has been overall stable over the past 15 years.

  3. Tom Moore:

    It makes me laugh, sir Thomas Moore sounds quite good.

  4. Chief Executive Martin Sutherland:

    Our order intake in the first half was quite poor hence we need to look at our pricing and therefore our unit cost of production, we will review all options for that business moving forward.

  5. Joel Wertheim:

    Now, I realize it sounds like I just said that a once-in-a-generation event happened twice in short succession, and pandemics are indeed rare, but once all the conditions are in place -- that is a zoonotic virus capable of both human infection and human transmission that is in close proximity to humans -- the barriers to spillover have been lowered such that multiple introductions, we believe, should actually be expected, i was quite convinced of the lab leak Kristian Andersen, until we dove into this very carefully and looked at it much closer.

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