What does be silent mean?

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be silent

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

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is silent (present, singular) being silent (participle, present) was silent (past) been silent (participle, past)

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What does be silent mean?: To refrain from speaking; to say nothing. (This entry is a translation hub.)

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