As the lesson comes to an end, even if the teacher doesn't say "be quiet" or "sit down," the children naturally return to their seats and quieten down.
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Quieten
//ˈkwaɪ.ə.tən//
Synonyms for "quieten" (55 found)
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39 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- стихвам verb (to become quiet)
- успокоявам verb (to make quiet)
- успокоявам се verb (to become quiet)
Finnish
2 entries- hiljentyä verb (to become quiet)
- hiljentää verb (to make quiet)
French
2 entries- apaiser verb (to make quiet)
- se calmer verb (to become quiet)
Georgian
4 entries- გაჩუმება verb (to make quiet)
- დამშვიდება verb (to make quiet)
- დამშვიდება verb (to become quiet)
- დაწყნარება verb (to become quiet)
Māori
4 entries- māī verb (to become quiet)
- whakamahuru verb (to make quiet)
- whakamāhaki verb (to make quiet)
- whakamūmū verb (to make quiet)
Polish
4 entries- ucichać verb (to become quiet)
- ucichnąć verb (to become quiet)
- uciszać verb (to make quiet)
- uciszać się verb (to become quiet)
Portuguese
1 entries- acalmar-se verb (to become quiet)
Russian
4 entries- заглуши́ть verb (to make quiet)
- приглуши́ть verb (to make quiet)
- прити́хнуть verb (to become quiet)
- притиха́ть verb (to become quiet)
Sample sentences
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Quieten down!
Source: tatoeba (7213335)
The Bouteflika regime threw money around for two decades to quieten any social unrest.
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Quieten down, or you'll be out on your ear.
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