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quiteto a certain or fairly significant extent or degree

Part of speech: ADVERB

Definition: to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree

Pronunciation (IPA): /kwaɪt/

Korean meaning: 꽤, 상당히, 제법

Korean pronunciation: **콰**잇

Example Sentences

  • My boss is quite a character - he wears a different funny hat to work every day.
  • I'm quite hungry, but not quite ready to eat my homework yet.
  • The movie was quite interesting and worth watching.

quite

ADVERB

//kwaɪt//

to a certain or fairly significant extent or degree

quite concept
💡 Concept

In the center of the frame, a cheerful baker arranges freshly baked pastries across multiple shelves of the display case. The counter shows a good amount of various items - croissants, muffins, cookies, and bread loaves filling most but not all of the available space. Earlier this morning the shelves were completely empty, but now they hold a substantial selection. A customer points at the display with a satisfied expression while another customer waits behind, both impressed by the decent variety available. a fairly significant extent of baked goods demonstrating a considerable degree of abundance

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/kwaɪt/
🇬🇧 UK/kwaɪt/

🌳Etymology

Rootquit
Suffix--e

Origin

중세 영어 'quite'는 '완전히 자유로운'이라는 뜻의 'quit'에서 발전했습니다. 원래는 '빚이나 의무로부터 완전히 해방된' 상태를 의미했는데, 시간이 지나면서 '완전히, 상당히'라는 강조의 의미로 확장되었습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

brightrightsightnight
bright
right
sight
night

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My boss is quite a character - he wears a different funny hat to work every day.

😄 Fun example

I'm quite hungry, but not quite ready to eat my homework yet.

The movie was quite interesting and worth watching.

She's quite talented at playing the guitar.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

ratherfairlyprettysomewhatconsiderably

Antonyms

slightlybarelyhardly

Related

veryreallyabsolutelycompletely