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silent
What does silent mean?
silent (adjective): free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use silent in a sentence?
- Everything went silent. (Tatoeba sentence #11624736 by Amastan, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce silent?
/ˈsaɪlənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does silent come from?
From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of silent?
Words related to silent
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “silent”?
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What does “silent” mean?
characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components
Not quite: that's what dual means.
free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet
Right! That's what “silent” means.
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
Not quite: that's what awkward means.
lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
Not quite: that's what inadequate means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “silent”?
white
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large
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still
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small
Not quite: small means something else.
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