quite quite / kwaɪt / ●●● S1 W1 predeterminer , adverb

1 QUITE/FAIRLY especially American English very, but not extremely → pretty The food in the cafeteria is usually quite good. His hair is quite thin on top now. Amy’s at college, and she’s doing quite well. quite a something He’s quite a good soccer player. GRAMMAR: Word order You say quite a before an adjective and a noun: It took quite a long time to answer the questions. ✗ Don’t say: It took a quite long time.

2 especially British English fairly, or to a small extent , but not very → pretty The film was quite good, but the book was much better. I got a letter from Sylvia quite recently. quite like/enjoy I quite like Chinese food.

4 [ +adj/adverb ] British English VERY completely I’m sorry. That’s quite impossible . What she’s suggesting is quite ridiculous! I think you’ve had quite enough to drink already! That’s quite a different matter.

5 → not quite

9 → quite right