Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quite

[ˈkʰw̥aɪ̯t]

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.29 in modern English

Syllables: quite
IPA: [ˈkʰw̥aɪ̯t]

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.

adv

In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.

adv

In a fully justified sense; truly, perfectly, actually.

Example Sentences

"Thus when they had the witch diſrobed quight, / And all her filthy feature open ſhowne, / They let her goe at will, and wander waies vnknowne."
"Nobuyoshi Araki has been called a monster, a pornographer and a genius—and the photographer quite agrees."
"Margaret passed quite through the pines, and reached the opening beyond which was what was once the yard, but was now, except for a strip of flower-border and turf which showed care, simply a tangle of bushes and briars."
"Religion and parochial etiquette are probed to reveal unhealthy, and sometimes shockingly violent, internal desires quite at odds with the surface life of a town in which tolerance is preached."
"El adrea was quite dead. No more will he slink silently upon his unsuspecting prey."
"It was almost quite dark in there and she kept her arms stretched out in front of her so as not to bump her face into the back of the wardrobe."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Medieval Latin quiētusder. Anglo-Norman quitterder. Middle English quiten English quit ▲ Anglo-Norman quiteinflu. English quite A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kwaɪ̯t/
British English: /kwaɪ̯t/

Usage

Archaic
British usage

Inflected Forms

quight (alternative, obsolete) quites (plural)

Derived Forms

quitely

Phrases

not quite quite a bit quite a few quite good quite poor quite so quite some quite the contrary

Synonyms

very absolutely fully thoroughly totally utterly all-out tout à fait all the way stone-cold blind altogether

Rhymes With

right might night white light fight site non-white write tonight despite flight

Questions

How do you pronounce quite?: The recorded pronunciation is [ˈkʰw̥aɪ̯t].
What does quite mean?: To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely.
Where does quite come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁tis Proto-Italic *kʷjētis Latin quiēs Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin quiēscō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Medieval Latin quiētusder. Anglo-Norman quitterder. Middle English quiten English quit ▲ Anglo-Norman quiteinflu. English quite A development of quit, influence by Anglo-Norman quite. Doublet of coy, quit, quiet, and quietus. For an analogous semantic development from the same root, compare Armenian շատ (šat).

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