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{
"term": "quite",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to some degree",
"sensetop": "quite a…",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**quite good/interesting/common/difficult**"
},
{
"text": "I **quite like** opera."
},
{
"text": "I quite enjoyed the film to be honest."
},
{
"text": "He plays **quite well**."
},
{
"text": "He's quite a good player.",
"contextForm": "quite a…"
},
{
"text": "We had to wait quite a long time."
},
{
"text": "Her children are still quite young."
},
{
"text": "I see him quite often."
},
{
"text": "I think it's quite likely we'll win."
},
{
"text": "I went to bed quite late last night."
},
{
"text": "The room is quite small."
},
{
"text": "It's quite a small room."
},
{
"text": "The shoes were quite expensive."
}
],
"synonyms": "fairly, pretty"
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to the greatest possible degree",
"sensetop": "not quite",
"labels": "(British English)(British English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "quite amazing/delicious/empty/perfect"
},
{
"text": "The two species are in fact **quite different** from one another."
},
{
"text": "He made it **quite clear** that he never wanted to see her again."
},
{
"text": "**Quite frankly**, I don't blame you."
},
{
"text": "I've had **quite enough** of your tantrums."
},
{
"text": "Are you **quite sure**?"
},
{
"text": "I **quite agree**."
},
{
"text": "**Quite apart from** all the work, he had financial problems."
},
{
"text": "Unfortunately it is **not quite as** simple **as** that.",
"contextForm": "not quite"
},
{
"text": "I **don't quite know** what to do next."
},
{
"text": "I'm sorry, I **don't quite understand**."
},
{
"text": "The theatre was not quite *(= was almost)* full."
},
{
"text": "It's like being in the Alps, but not quite."
},
{
"text": "I've **never quite** understood why she's so successful."
},
{
"text": "‘I almost think she prefers animals to people.’ ‘**Quite right too**,’ said Bill."
},
{
"text": "I'm sorry to be so difficult.’ ‘That's **quite all right**.’"
},
{
"text": "The bottle is not quite empty."
},
{
"text": "The two things are not quite the same."
},
{
"text": "We are never quite sure what to expect."
}
],
"synonyms": "completely, absolutely, entirely"
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to a great degree; very; really",
"labels": "(North American English)North American EnglishBritish EnglishBritish EnglishNorth American English",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm **quite happy** to wait for you here."
},
{
"text": "You'll be quite comfortable here."
},
{
"text": "I can see it quite clearly."
},
{
"text": "‘You've no intention of coming back?’ ‘I'm quite sorry, but no, I have not.’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to agree with somebody or show that you understand them",
"labels": "formal(British English)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘He's bound to feel shaken after his accident.’ ‘Quite.’"
},
{
"text": "‘It’s not something we want to have talked about.’ ‘Quite so.’"
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that a person or thing is particularly impressive or unusual in some way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This is quite a different problem."
},
{
"text": "She's quite a beauty."
},
{
"text": "We found it quite a change when we moved to London."
},
{
"text": "He's quite the little gentleman, isn't he?"
},
{
"text": "It must be quite some car."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that the opposite of what has been said is true",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't find him funny at all. Quite the contrary."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a fairly large number",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've been there quite a few times."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a large number or amount of something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They drank quite a lot of wine."
},
{
"text": "There's quite a lot of work still to do."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a large amount of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She hasn't been seen for quite some time."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used to show that a person or thing is particularly impressive or unusual in some way",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwaɪt/",
"audio": "qu/quite/quite__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwaɪt/",
"audio": "qu/quite/quite__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from the obsolete adjective quite, variant of quit."
}