QUIESCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they quiesce ... he / she / it quiesces

Past simple: quiesced

Past participle: quiesced

-ing form: quiescing

Meaning:

Become quiet or quieter

Example:

The audience fell silent when the speaker entered

Synonyms:

hush; pipe down; quiesce; quiet; quiet down; quieten

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "quiesce" is one way to...):

change intensity (increase or decrease in intensity)

Verb group:

hush; hush up; quieten; shut up; silence; still (cause to be quiet or not talk)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

quiescent (being quiet or still or inactive)