forfeit

«forfeit» in Mova's school dictionary: To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (forfeit, forfeits, forfeited, forfeiting); noun (a forfeit, forfeits)

meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule or did not do something. tree →

2) (verb, sport) To lose a game because you did not play or broke the rules. tree →

3) (noun) Something you must give up or do as a punishment, especially in a party game. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sport: «The team had to forfeit the match» (they lose automatically). In party games: losers must pay a forfeit (sing a song, do a silly dance). In rules: «If you don't pay on time, you forfeit your place».

examples

• The team forfeited the game because only six players came. tree →
• If you cheat, you forfeit your points. tree →
• The forfeit was to sing a song. tree →
• He forfeited his deposit when he cancelled. tree →
• Late entries forfeit the chance to win. tree →
• In the game, a wrong answer means a forfeit. tree →
• If not, your head shall pay the forfeit.’ tree →

note

Spelling trap: forfeit (e before i). Pronounced FOR-fit. In sports scoring, a forfeit often counts as a fixed score, for example a loss.

In the corpora

• The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests.
• Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.
• The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forfeit» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.