Usually means: Absence or reduction of sound.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiet: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. quiet, quiet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. quiet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. quiet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. quiet: Vocabulary.com
  6. Quiet, quiet: Wordnik
  7. quiet: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. quiet: Wiktionary
  9. quiet: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. quiet: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. quiet: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. quiet: Dictionary.com
  13. quiet (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. quiet: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. QUIET, Quiet (EP), Quiet (John Scofield album), Quiet (MILCK song), Quiet (Metal Gear), Quiet (album), Quiet, The Quiet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Quiet: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. quiet: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. quiet: Rhymezone
  19. quiet: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. quiet: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. quiet: Free Dictionary
  22. quiet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. quiet: Dictionary/thesaurus
  24. quiet: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -quiet: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. quiet: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. quiet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. QUIET: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)
  2. QuIET: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. quiet: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. quiet, quiet: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Quiet: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  2. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See quieted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
adjective:  Having little motion or activity; calm.
adjective:  Not busy, of low quantity.
adjective:  Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
adjective:  Not showy; undemonstrative.
adjective:  (software) Requiring little or no interaction.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
verb:  (intransitive) To become quiet or calm.
noun:  The absence of sound; quietness.
noun:  The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
noun:  The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.

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