quite

«quite» in Mova's school dictionary: fairly, more than a little but not very: quite good — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) Quite means fairly, more than a little but not very: quite good. tree →

2) Quite means completely, fully: I'm not quite ready. tree →

3) «Not quite» means almost but not right. tree →

4) «Quite a» means a lot of, or very: quite a crowd. tree →

sense in the lessons

in «not quite» = not right yet (the teacher's mark of a wrong answer); in everyday life «quite good», «quite a few» (many), «quite right» (fully right); British speakers often use «quite» to mean «fairly», Americans often to mean «very»

examples

• Not quite: 3. tree →
• Not quite. Look at the word «each». tree →
• I'm not quite finished yet. tree →
• The film was quite funny. tree →
• There were quite a few people at the park. tree →
• You are quite right! tree →
• It is quite cold today, so take a jumper. tree →
• That was quite a long walk. tree →
• He was quite a practical boy. tree →

note

Marks a wrong answer; no operation clue. Trap: «quite a few» means many, not few. Do not mix «quite» (fairly) with «quiet» (with little noise): the letters are close.

In the corpora

• A miscarriage is when a baby stops growing and dies early in pregnancy; it happens quite often and is nobody's fault.
• Chatbots are trained to be pleasant: "Great question!" they say, even when you asked something quite ordinary.
• Bats are not blind; all bats can see, and many see quite well.
• Dried tardigrades survive great cold, high pressure and radiation, but they are not immortal, and active tardigrades are quite fragile.
• It quite makes my forehead ache!»

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «quite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.