The word quite mean

довольно, вполне, совсем, совершенно, очень, полностью, действительно, всецело

наречие

- вполне, совсем; совершенно, полностью; всецело

- почти, до некоторой степени; более или менее; довольно

quite polite — довольно вежливо
quite a good fellow [deal] — неплохой парень [-ая сделка]
to be quite a success — иметь немалый успех
it’s quite cold — довольно холодно
quite a long time — довольно долго
quite a few /a lot, a number, a little/ — разг. довольно много; порядочно
they are quite young — а) они ещё довольно молоды; б) они совсем /такие/ молодые

- усил. действительно, в самом деле, решительно

quite a beauty — самая настоящая красавица
it was quite a journey — а) путешествие было довольно длительным; б) это было неплохое путешествие
it was quite a scene! — вот это было зрелище!
up to quite a recent time — до самого недавнего времени

- при ответах выражает согласие, понимание:

oh, quite! — о да!
yes, quite!, quite so! — а) безусловно, несомненно; б) правильно, очень хорошо
it’s quite the thing — это именно то, что нужно /что имелось в виду/

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

all the go, quite the go — последний крик моды  
quite a slight wound, just a graze of the arm — довольно лёгкое ранение, просто царапина на руке  
quite sure — совершенно уверенный  
quite near — довольно близко  
quite a few — довольно много, порядочно  
quite a bit / few / lot — значительное количество  
quite good — неплохой  
quite a swell guy — действительно замечательный парень  
quite right — абсолютно точно, совершенно правильно  
to be quite wrong — жестоко ошибаться  

Примеры с переводом

I am quite well.

Я чувствую себя довольно хорошо.

The work is not quite finished.

Работа не совсем закончена.

That is not quite what I said.

Это не совсем то, что я сказал. / Я сказал не совсем так.

I quite forgot your birthday.

Я совсем забыла о твоём дне рождения.

She’s quite right, you know.

Знаете, а ведь она в самом деле права.

It’s quite the thing to do.

Это именно то, что нужно сделать.

I am quite capable of doing it myself, thank you.

Я вполне способен сделать это сам, спасибо.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

quits  — квиты, расплатившийся, расквитавшийся
requite  — вознаграждать, отплачивать, мстить

quite
kwaɪt нареч.
1) а) вполне, совершенно quite sure ≈совершенно уверенный I am quite well. ≈ Я себя вполне хорошо чувствую. б) совсем;
полностью;
всецело, тотально Work is not quite finished. ≈ Работа не совсем закончена. ∙ Syn : fully, entirely, completely, wholly
2) довольно;
почти, до некоторой степени quite near ≈ довольно близко quite a few ≈ довольно много, порядочно quite a bit ≈ значительное количество quite good ≈ неплохой Syn : rather
3) разг. действительно, в самом деле (выражает усиление) quite a swell guy ≈ действительно замечательный парень ∙ it is quite the thing разг. ≈ это именно то, что нужно;
это то, что сейчас модно quite so!
вполне, совсем;
совершенно, полностью;
всецело — work not * done не совсем законченная работа — to be * mistaken глубоко ошибаться — I * agree with you я вполне согласен с вами — I’m * alone я совсем один — * by myself совершенно самостоятельно;
совсем один — my watch is * right мои часы абсолютно правильны — for * another reason по совершенно иной причине — it’s * the thing это именно то, что нужно /что имелось в виду/ — not * the thing to do это не совсем то, что следует делать, этого не следует делать — * another совсем другой /иной/ — I * see that… я хорошо вижу, что… почти, до некоторой степени;
более или менее;
довольно — * polite довольно вежливо — * a good fellow неплохой парень — to be * a success иметь немалый успех — it’s * cold довольно холодно — * a long time довольно долго — * a few /a lot, a number, a little/ (разговорное) довольно много;
порядочно — they are * young они еще довольно молоды;
они совсем /такие/ молодые (усилительно) действительно, в самом деле, решительно — * a beauty самая настоящая красавица — it was * a journey путешествие было довольно длительным;
это было неплохое путешествие — it was * a scene! вот это было зрелище! — up to * a recent time до самого недавнего времени при ответах выражает согласие, понимание — oh, *! о да! — yes, *!, * so! безусловно, несомненно;
правильно, очень хорошо > it’s * the thing это (сейчас) модно
quite вполне, совершенно, совсем;
полностью;
всецело;
I quite agree я вполне согласен;
she is quite alone она совсем одна
it is ~ the thing разг. это именно то, что нужно it is ~ the thing разг. это то, что сейчас модно;
quite so! о да!, несомненно!
my watch is ~ right мои часы абсолютно правильны
quite вполне, совершенно, совсем;
полностью;
всецело;
I quite agree я вполне согласен;
she is quite alone она совсем одна ~ действительно, в самом деле;
she is quite a beauty она настоящая красавица ~ довольно;
до некоторой степени;
более или менее;
quite a few довольно много, порядочно;
quite a long time довольно долго
~ довольно;
до некоторой степени;
более или менее;
quite a few довольно много, порядочно;
quite a long time довольно долго
it is ~ the thing разг. это то, что сейчас модно;
quite so! о да!, несомненно!
~ действительно, в самом деле;
she is quite a beauty она настоящая красавица
quite вполне, совершенно, совсем;
полностью;
всецело;
I quite agree я вполне согласен;
she is quite alone она совсем одна

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  • quite — [ kwaıt ] function word *** Quite can be used in the following ways: as an adverb (before an adjective or adverb): I was quite angry with her. (before a verb): I quite agree with you. I can t quite decide which dress to wear today. as a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • quite — W1S1 [kwaıt] predeterminer, adv [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: quit, quite free of (13 19 centuries), from Old French quite; QUIT] 1.) fairly or very, but not extremely →↑pretty ▪ The food in the canteen is usually quite good. ▪ He seems quite upset… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quite — 1. Quite is a highly mobile word with a wide range of uses qualifying adjectives and adverbs (quite heavy / quite often), singular nouns (quite a lot), and verbs (We quite understand / I d quite like to). It causes difficulty because it has two… …   Modern English usage

  • Quite — (kw[imac]t), adv. [F. quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. OF. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. See {Quit}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Completely; wholly; entirely; totally; perfectly; as, the work is not quite done; the object is quite… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quite — ► ADVERB 1) to the utmost or most absolute extent or degree; completely. 2) to a certain extent; moderately. 3) US very; really. ► EXCLAMATION (also quite so) ▪ expressing agreement. ● quite a Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • quite — [kwīt] adv. [ME quite: see QUIT, adj.] 1. completely; entirely [not quite done] 2. really; truly; positively [quite a hero] 3. to some, or a considerable, degree or extent; very or fairly [quite warm outside] ☆ …   English World dictionary

  • quite — sustantivo masculino 1. Área: tauromáquia Acción de atraer al toro un torero para librar a otro de una situación de peligro: Cuando el banderillero estaba en el suelo, el diestro hizo un quite memorable. Frases y locuciones 1. estar al quite… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • quite a — — (also often ironic quite the ) used to indicate that the specified person or thing is perceived as particularly notable, remarkable, or impressive quite a party, isn t it? | it s been quite a year | quite the little horsewoman, aren t you? …   Useful english dictionary

  • quite — 1. m. Acción de quitar o estorbar. 2. Esgr. Movimiento defensivo con que se detiene o evita el ofensivo. 3. Taurom. Suerte que ejecuta un torero, generalmente con el capote, para librar a otro del peligro en que se halla por la acometida del toro …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • quite — quite, estar al quite expr. estar preparado por si hay que actuar. ❙ «El chofer, que estaba al quite, les vio por el retrovisor…» Pedro Casals, Disparando cocaína …   Diccionario del Argot «El Sohez»

  • quite — quite; mes·quite; re·quite; …   English syllables

2

: to an extreme : positively


often used as an intensifier with a

quite a swell guyquite a beauty

3

: to a considerable extent : rather

Phrases

quite a bit

quite a few

Synonyms

Example Sentences

He felt that the world he had loved had quite gone.


Edmund Wilson, New York Times Book Review, 20 July 1986


The men who made love to the left-wing college girls were either medical students, who had contempt for them and forgot them, or jocks, who bragged falsely of having made conquests of quite other girls.


Renata Adler, Pitch Dark, 1983


In my opinion, my work … ain’t quite good enough …


William Faulkner, in Faulkner in the University, (1959) 1977


Irene Franey, a little older than I, was quite a beauty


John O’Hara, letter, 30 Dec. 1963



“Are you quite finished?” “Not quite.”



I am quite capable of doing it myself, thank you.



They assured me that I was quite mistaken.



We hadn’t quite made up our minds.



She’s quite right, you know.



I quite forgot your birthday.



No one realized quite what was happening.



Quite why he left is unclear.



That is not quite what I said.

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from quite, adjective, quit

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of quite was
in the 14th century

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Other forms: quites

Quite means «really,» «completely,» «rather,» «exceptionally,» or «actually.» That’s quite a lot of synonyms for one word!

If you’re quite sure, you’re completely sure. If you’re quite the athlete, you are exceptionally (or unusually) athletic. If it’s quite cold outside, it’s really cold. And if something is quite true, it actually is. Is that quite clear?

Definitions of quite

  1. adverb

    to the greatest extent; completely

    “you’re
    quite right”

    “she was
    quite alone”

    “was
    quite mistaken”

    quite the opposite”

    “not
    quite finished”

    “did not
    quite make it”

  2. adverb

    actually or truly or to an extreme

    “was
    quite a sudden change”

    “it’s
    quite the thing to do”

    quite the rage”

    Quite so!”

  3. adverb

    to a degree (not used with a negative)

    quite tasty”

    quite soon”

    quite ill”

    quite rich”

    synonyms:

    rather

  4. adverb

    of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative)

    “her victory was
    quite something”

    “she’s
    quite a girl”

    quite a film”

    quite a walk”

    “we’ve had
    quite an afternoon”

    synonyms:

    quite a, quite an

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But you hoped, not quite so soon — not _quite_ so soon. ❋ Various (N/A)

Once or twice she said that though «Frank was adamant» when she had wished to get closer in touch with his interests and sympathies when he was quite a young man, yet she was always _quite_ in sympathy with her eldest son. ❋ Giberne Sieveking (N/A)

When he leaves us my heart will quite, _quite_ break — and I sometimes hope ❋ Various (N/A)

«But you look quite well — _quite_ well,» she insisted. ❋ Margaret Pedler (N/A)

‘My dear (mimicked Trix), you can be quite polite to so and so, but I cannot have you becoming friendly with them, you know they are not _quite_.’ ❋ Leslie Moore (N/A)

He was so clever, so distinguished, he had his eyes and his voice and his whole self so perfectly under control, that she never could be quite, _quite_ sure — but now! ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

In this sense, the saying would be quite correct, as it is _quite wrong_ when applied to aesthetic facts. ❋ Benedetto Croce (1909)

Bashbang_ will certainly quite _quite_ eclipse those two other sensations, _What a Buttons Overheard in the Imperial Pickelhaube ❋ Various (1898)

Heads, necks and arms don’t monopolise the pretty-pretties now, and, what with jewelled tunics, girdles, shoes, stockings and «_Honi soits_,» as well as gems on what little corsage and skirt one may be wearing, one’s jewel-box may be quite _quite_ emptied every evening. ❋ Various (1898)

Yvonne do my hair quite, _quite_ plainly, and I’m giving my jewels to my country. ❋ Various (1898)

It is a queer book, quite evidently of the novitiate, and suggesting now Paul de Kock (the properer but not _quite_ proper Paul), now Daudet (to whom it is actually dedicated), now Feuillet, now Murger, now Sandeau, now one of the melodramatic story-tellers. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Soon I began to suspect what was happening; and in Edinburgh I was quite, _quite_ sure. ❋ Unknown (1889)

Miss Barks was quite seraphic last night; she never made a single remark about my clothes, and she didn’t even say to me as she generally does, with an air of compassion, that she «_quite_ understands how hard it must be to keep in tune.»‘ ❋ Humphry Ward (1885)

‘Oh, mamma, if only it was the day for you and papa to come back, and him quite, _quite_ well. ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)

Oh, I would like to go there — better than anywhere — just think how strange it must be, all the snow and the ice mountains and everything quite, _quite_ still! ‘ ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)

She could not bear the thought of parting with me, otherwise she might perhaps have gone to be some grand sort of housekeeper, which even quite, _quite_ ladies are sometimes, or she might have joined somebody in having a shop. ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)

About being quite, _quite_ true and honest even in thinkings, and about how dangerous it is to try to deceive _ourselves_, for that the self we try to deceive is the best part of us, the voice of ❋ Mrs. Molesworth (1880)

_ Are you quite _quite_ sure that, when you went indoors with dear Mrs. SOLNESS that afternoon, and left me alone with my Master ❋ Various (1876)

If you won’t mind telling him about it, I know — I am quite, _quite_ sure — he will do anything in his power for you. ❋ Various (1873)

I’m afraid mother wouldn’t quite like being in the village, but of course there can’t be anything that she _would quite_ like, now. ❋ Unknown (1865)

Chad: [The earth is flat] ya know.
Neil: You know that it has been [scientifically proven] that the Earth is round, right?<6 hours later>Me: [Chad’s] awfully quite. ❋ MyOfficialSudoIs (2021)

[Damn yo], [that girl] is quite!
[This shit] is quite! ❋ The Juice Man (2005)

[Chris]: i am an [inventor]
[anna]: quite ❋ Anna (2005)

1. [The fans] included with [the case] were quite.
2. The replacement cooler was quite compared to the [stock] one. ❋ MacKellar (2006)

I quite, just rename [the book] to something like «Why [Ambizzy] and Mousee wanna be just like [Mach]» ❋ Mach1 (2004)

“Sally told me she [quit] talking to Josh, but now she is talking to him [on the phone] right now. She is totally [quit-quitting].» ❋ OG Quitter (2009)

person1: if [Anne Boleyn] doesn’t give the king a male [heir], she’s going to be [in trouble]!
person 2: quite, quite ❋ Evilninjamaster (2009)

[That man] is [quite the] [lad]. Yes, quite. ❋ The Sophisticated Gentleman (2012)

I am a [quitness] [to Lebron] James ability to lead the Cavs to a championship. I am a quitness to Lebron James being a [role model] to youth. ❋ Dan Gilbert And Delonte West (2010)

Even though he had been knocked to the canvass three times, [the boxer] had no quit in him as he finished the [fifteen] round fight with a [flurry] of punches. ❋ J8522s (2009)

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