Word list: Q


Qantas

Australian airline.

quango

Acronym for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation. The plural is quangos (not quangoes).

queuing

Not queueing.

quite

In UK English we use the word quite as an adverb to mean “completely” and we also use it to mean “to a certain extent”.

The meaning is usually quite clear from the context. But not always. In the foregoing sentence it could be either. So it’s quite important to be sure you know which meaning is intended.