quieten down

Verb

Britain intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）静かになる、落ち着く / （自動詞）活動の激しさが減る、勢いが衰える / （他動詞）〜を静める、落ち着かせる

After the band finished playing, the audience began to quieten down.

バンドの演奏が終わると、観客は静かになり始めた。

Sense（1）

(intransitive, Britain) To become quieter.

As the lights dimmed the audience quietened down.

Sense（2）

(intransitive, Britain) To reduce intensity of an activity.

Diplomacy can only begin when the violence quietens down.

Sense（3）

(transitive, Britain) To make someone or something become quieter.

The teacher did her best to quieten the children down.

quietens down

（ present singular third-person ）

quietening down

（ participle present ）

quietened down

（ participle past ）

quietened down

（ past ）