quite

quite
quite [kwaɪt]
adverb
   a. ( = entirely) tout à fait
• quite! exactement !
• I quite agree with you je suis entièrement de votre avis
• I quite understand je comprends très bien
• I quite believe it je le crois volontiers
• that's quite enough! ça suffit comme ça !
• not quite as many as last week pas tout à fait autant que la semaine dernière
• that's quite another matter c'est une tout autre affaire
• he was quite right il avait tout à fait raison
• quite new tout (à fait) neuf
   b. ( = to some degree, moderately) plutôt, assez
• it was quite dark for 6 o'clock il faisait plutôt sombre pour 6 heures
• quite a long time assez longtemps
• quite some time un bon moment
• quite a few people pas mal de monde
• your essay was quite good votre dissertation était plutôt bonne
• he is quite a good singer c'est un assez bon chanteur
• I quite like this painting j'aime assez ce tableau
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[kwaɪt]
adverb
1) (completely) [new, ready, understand] tout à fait; [alone, empty, exhausted, ridiculous] complètement; [impossible] totalement; [justified] entièrement; [extraordinary] vraiment

I quite agree — je suis tout à fait d'accord

you're quite right — vous avez entièrement raison

it's quite all right — (in reply to apology) c'est sans importance

it's quite out of the question — il n'en est pas du tout question

I can quite believe it — je veux bien le croire

are you quite sure? — en êtes-vous certain?

to be quite aware that — être tout à fait conscient du fait que

quite clearly — [see] très clairement

it's quite clear — c'est parfaitement clair

and quite right too! — à juste titre!

that's quite enough! — ça suffit!

2) (exactly)

not quite — pas exactement

not quite so much — un petit peu moins

not quite as many — pas tout à fait autant

I don't quite know — je ne sais pas du tout

nobody knew quite what he meant — personne ne savait exactement ce qu'il voulait dire

that's not quite all — (giving account of something) et ce n'est pas tout

3) (definitely)

it was quite the best answer — c'était de loin la meilleure réponse

he's quite the stupidest man! — il est vraiment stupide!

quite simply — tout simplement

4) (rather) [big, easily, often] assez

it's quite small — ce n'est pas très grand

it's quite warm today — il fait bon aujourd'hui

it's quite likely that — il est très probable que

I quite like Chinese food — j'aime assez la cuisine chinoise

quite a few — un bon nombre de [people, examples]

quite a lot of money — pas mal d'argent

quite a lot of opposition — une opposition assez forte

I've thought about it quite a bit — j'y ai pas mal réfléchi

5) (as intensifier)

quite a difference — une différence considérable

that will be quite a change for you — ça va te faire un grand changement

she's quite a woman! — quelle femme!

to be quite something — [house, car] valoir le coup d'œil (colloq)

6) (expressing agreement)

quite (so) — c'est sûr


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