quit

CEFRA2

/kwɪt/

verb · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To stop doing something or leave a place or job.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To leave (a place).

Examples

  • Any doctor will tell you to quit smoking.

  • If I don't get more money I'll quit.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [kʰw̥ɪt]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

  2. To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Released from obligation, penalty, etc; free, clear, or rid.

More examples

In context

  • The odds are against me, so I think I'll quit now.

  • After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.

  • The British quit India in the 1940s.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.