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English

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Etymology

Latin silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be silent; akin to Gothic ana-silan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈsaɪlənt/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-silent.ogg


Adjective

  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
  2. * Shakespeare:
  3. *: How silent is this town!
  4. * 1825, Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Talboys and Wheeler, page 52:
  5. *: What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.
  6. * 1906, William Dean Howells and Sidney Dillon Ripley, Certain Delightful English Towns: With Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between, Harper & Brothers, page 152:
  7. *: The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low [...]; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.
  8. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  9. :* Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men. Broome.
  10. :* This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent. Milton.
  11. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent. Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
  12. (Pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, "e is silent in fable."
  13. Having no effect; not operate|operating; inefficient.
  14. :* Cause ... silent, virtueless, and dead. Raleigh|Sir W. Raleigh.
  15. Without audio capability.
  16. :* The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.


Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.

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Noun

  1. That which is silent; a time of silence.
  2. :* The silent of the night. Shakespeare


Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Silent \Si"lent\, n.
That which is silent; a time of silence. [R.] "The silent of
the night." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Silent \Si"lent\, a. [L. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be
silent; akin to Goth. ana-silan.]
1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly
quiet.
[1913 Webster]

How silent is this town! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute;
taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
[1913 Webster]

Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most
silent of men. --Broome.
[1913 Webster]

This new-created world, whereof in hell
Fame is not silent. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind
is silent. --Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e
is silent in "fable."
[1913 Webster]

5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]

Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See
Mute, and Taciturn.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet silent
adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: soundless,
still]
2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: mum]
3: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the
understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: implied,
tacit, understood]
4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
`honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
[syn: unsounded]
5: having a frequency below or above the range of human
audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb,
mute]
Moby Dictionary
aphonic , brief , brusque , calm , checked , close , close-lipped ,
close-tongued , closemouthed , concise , curbed , curt , dumb , echoless ,
economical of words , hush as death , hushed , implicit , implied ,
inactive , inarticulate , inaudible , incoherent , indisposed to talk ,
inhibited , laconic , mousy , mum , mute , muted , noiseless , pacific ,
passive , peaceful , placid , quiescent , quiet , reserved , restrained ,
reticent , secretive , serene , short , sleeping , snug , soundless ,
sparing of words , speechless , still , still as death , stilly ,
subaudible , tacit , taciturn , terse , tight-lipped , tongue-tied ,
tranquil , unagitated , unarticulated , uncommunicative , undeclared ,
understood , undisturbed , unexpressed , unhearable , unloquacious ,
unmentioned , unproclaimed , unpronounced , unpublished , unrecorded ,
unruffled , unsaid , unsociable , unsounded , unspoken , unstated ,
unsung , untalkative , untalked-of , untold , untroubled , unuttered ,
unvocalized , unvoiced , unwritten , voiceless , whist , word-bound ,
wordless


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