silent

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

silentermore silentsilentest

Superlative

most silentscilent

1.
Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
2.
Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
3.
Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
4.
(pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
The e is silent in fable.
Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell.
The l in the English word salmon is silent.
5.
Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
6.
(technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
My phone was on silent.
7.
(technology) Without audio capability.
The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
8.
Hidden, unseen.
a silent voter; a silent partner
9.
Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
silent revisions; a silent emendation
10.
(genetics) Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
11.
Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
12.
Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

silentsscilent

1.
(uncountable)That which is silent; a time of silence.
2.
A silent movie

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

quiet concealedinvisibleoccluded dormant still mute quiescent servile speechless taciturn dumbnot pronounced mute, quiescent, servile

Cùng gốc / liên quan

immunosilentnonsilentoversilentphosphosilentsilentnessultrasilentunsilentsilent as the tombsilent fartsilent listingsilent Sambe silentradio silentsilent as a gravesilent whistlesilent-but-violentfall silenton silentright to remain silentsilent migraine

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Latin silēns (silent), present participle of sileō (be silent), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (still, windless, quiet, slow). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (to cease, grow still, be silent), Old English sālnes (silence).