What does quite a bit definition and meaning mean?

We’ve already done quite a bit of work to make our capacity as flexible as possible. They have still got quite a bit of buying to do, it seems. No one was very fond of the movie, especially considering that it wasted quite a bit of potential. In just a few months I managed to lose quite a bit of weight.

Is the word’quite’the same as’not quite’?

The word quite is often confusing to non-native speakers. Can you give me a list of words that typically collocate with quite when the meaning is ‘extreme’? I think it’s possible everybody has misunderstood your question. While “quite” can mean “very”, “not quite” does not mean “not very”.

Where do you put quite in a sentence?

In informal speaking, we often use quite with like, enjoy, understand and agree to talk about our opinions or preferences. Depending on the context, it can mean ‘a bit’, ‘a lot’ or ‘totally’. We usually put it in the normal mid position for adverbs (between the subject and the main verb, or after the modal verb…

When to use ” quite heavy ” and ” somewhat heavy “?

I would disagree about its being archaic; it’s still used quite often in American English, and I’d say that it isn’t quite as strong an intensifier as very. So unless you’re being ironic, something that is quite heavy is heavier than something that is somewhat heavy but not as heavy as something that is very heavy. – Peter Shor Apr 28 ’11 at 12:18

When to use’quite a bit’in a sentence?

“Quite a bit” means that you have a lot of something. It can be used to say something is in greater quantity, for example: “I have quite a bit of work to do today.” In this example “bit” is the subject described as being “of work. “Quite a few” also means you have a lot of something, but specifically quantity.

When to use’quite’and’quite a lot’?

When the stress is on quite it emphasises not a very very large amount. Otherwise and especially when the strongest stress is on the last word ( bit, lot, few ), it emphasises the large amount part of the meaning: I know quite a lot. Here the speaker is emphasising that they don’t know a very, very large amount. Bob says you know about gardening.

When to use quite before an adverb in a sentence?

The scenery was quite incredible. Helen had said the food was awful here. She was quite right. Steve Jobs, the chairman of Pixar, is quite obviously fond of computers. In speaking we give this use of quite as much stress as the adjective or adverb. We can use quite + a/an before a noun to give it more emphasis or importance:

What does the word’quite’mean in spoken English?

Spoken English: In informal speaking, we often use quite with like, enjoy, understand and agree to talk about our opinions or preferences. Depending on the context, it can mean ‘a bit’, ‘a lot’ or ‘totally’.