{
    "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."
}