silent
Betekenis (English)
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- Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
- Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
- Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
- Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
- Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
- With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
- Without audio capability.
- Hidden, unseen.
- Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
- Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
- Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
- Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.
Concepten
stil zijn
zwijgend
stilzwijgend
Synonyms
not talkative
not speaking
keep silence
not make a sound
leave someone alone
holding the tongue
low-toned
soughless
silent correction method
silent normalization method
secret tears
deadly silent
stop talking
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈsaɪlənt/
Etymologie (English)
From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).
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