quit

«quit» in Mova's school dictionary: to stop doing something, especially a habit or activity — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (quit, quits, quit or quitted, quitting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To quit is to stop doing something, especially a habit or activity. tree →

2) To leave a job, school, team or place. tree →

3) To close a computer program or game. tree →

4) To put down or let go of something you are holding, such as a weapon. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and computing: "Quit the game before you turn it off." In health: quit smoking. In stories and sport: "Never quit" means do not give up. Phrase: "call it quits" means stop, or agree that nobody owes anything.

examples

• Never quit when things get hard. tree →
• He quit the football team. tree →
• Press Escape to quit the game. tree →
• My grandad quit smoking years ago. tree →
• She quit her job to travel. tree →
• Let's call it quits and go home. tree →
• Do not quit before you finish the puzzle. tree →
• O quit your sword, unbend your bow tree →

note

Past form is usually "quit" (also "quitted" in UK): "I quit yesterday." Doubles the t: quitting. Do not confuse with "quiet" (no noise) or "quite" (fairly). Same meaning as "give up" in many uses.

In the corpora

• Quitting smoking is one of the best things a person can do for their health; many people need several tries.
• "Pursuing other opportunities" in a company announcement usually means fired or pushed to quit.
• Quitting a match to avoid a loss is unfair to the other players.
• He pressed «quit».
• Rage-quitting feels good for one second and costs much more afterwards.

Trees and pragmatics

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