"quit" meaning in English

See quit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kwɪt/ Audio: en-us-quit.ogg [US] Forms: quit [past], quit [past, participle], quit [canonical], quits [third-person, singular], quitted [past], quitted [past, participle], quitting [present, participle]
enPR: /kwĭt/ Head templates: {{verb2|quit|quits|quit|quit|quitting}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|quit|t}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you quit something, you stop doing it; that is, you do not do it any more.
    Sense id: simple-quit-en-verb-xfualig8
  2. If you quit a job, it means you are not going to work anymore. After you quit, you will no longer have that job.
    Sense id: simple-quit-en-verb-sV~e3sMu
  3. The past tense and past participle of quit.
    Sense id: simple-quit-en-verb-ksOVwVBh
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      "form": "quit",
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    },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitted",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitting",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "quit",
        "2": "quits",
        "3": "quit",
        "4": "quit",
        "5": "quitting"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb2"
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        "1": "quit",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was very hard to quit smoking."
        },
        {
          "text": "Please quit bothering me!"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll need to quit typing meanings soon."
        },
        {
          "text": "He always quits working too early."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you quit something, you stop doing it; that is, you do not do it any more."
      ],
      "id": "simple-quit-en-verb-xfualig8"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm quitting my job now!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you quit a job, it means you are not going to work anymore. After you quit, you will no longer have that job."
      ],
      "id": "simple-quit-en-verb-sV~e3sMu"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "The past tense and past participle of quit."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "/kwĭt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwɪt/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/kwIt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-quit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "quit"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "quit",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quit",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quit",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quits",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitted",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "quitting",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "quit",
        "2": "quits",
        "3": "quit",
        "4": "quit",
        "5": "quitting"
      },
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      "name": "verb2"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "quit",
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      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It was very hard to quit smoking."
        },
        {
          "text": "Please quit bothering me!"
        },
        {
          "text": "I'll need to quit typing meanings soon."
        },
        {
          "text": "He always quits working too early."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you quit something, you stop doing it; that is, you do not do it any more."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I'm quitting my job now!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you quit a job, it means you are not going to work anymore. After you quit, you will no longer have that job."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Past participles",
        "Past tense forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The past tense and past participle of quit."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "/kwĭt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kwɪt/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/kwIt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-quit.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "quit"
}

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