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quit

quit
Q q

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kwit]
    • /kwɪt/
    • /kwɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwit]
    • /kwɪt/

Definitions of quit word

  • verb with object quit to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house. 1
  • verb with object quit to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer. 1
  • verb with object quit to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job. 1
  • verb with object quit to release one's hold of (something grasped). 1
  • verb with object quit to acquit or conduct (oneself). 1
  • verb with object quit to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts. 1

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Origin of quit

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (adj.) Middle English quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (< Old French quite) < Medieval Latin quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ Middle English quit(e); see quite), for Latin quiētus quiet1; (v.) Middle English quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself < Old French quit(t)er < Medieval Latin quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, Late Latin quiētare to put to rest, quiet1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Quit

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

quit popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

quit usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for quit

verb quit

  • give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • relinquish — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • renounce — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.

adjective quit

  • run-off — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • run off — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • awol — If someone in the Armed Forces goes AWOL, they leave their post without the permission of a superior officer. AWOL is an abbreviation for 'absent without leave'.
  • gone — past participle of go1 .
  • nonextant — Not extant.

Antonyms for quit

verb quit

  • take up — the act of taking.
  • stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
  • allow — If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them to do it and they will not get into trouble.
  • begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
  • continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.

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