quieten
pronunciation
How to pronounce quieten in British English:
UK [ˈkwaɪətn]
How to pronounce quieten in American English:
US [ˈkwaɪɪtn]
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- Verb:
- become quiet or quieter
- make calm or still
- cause to be quiet or not talk
Word Origin
- quieten (v.)
- 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).
Example
- 1. Other suspicions about huawei are more difficult to quieten .
- 2. While this would quieten the canadians , it could spark cries of protest from the us 's other trading partners .
- 3. In an attempt to quieten persistent rumours that he is fighting a recurrence of pancreatic cancer , jobs made a rare personal statement on his health today , which proved sufficiently reassuring to reverse a steady decline in apple 's shares .
- 4. Such a strategy should quieten criticism that the postal savings system sucks capital out of poorer regions where money is already scarce , since it puts almost all its funds in accounts with the central bank , other financial institutions or the inter-bank bond market .
- 5. The kids would quieten down and start watching the show the big purple dinosaur was putting on .