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{
"term": "quit",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "quit",
"heSheIt": "quits"
},
"pastSimple": "quit",
"pastParticiple": "quit",
"ingForm": "quitting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to leave your job, school, etc.",
"sensetop": "quit as somethingquit something",
"labels": "(informal)(North American English)(North American English)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "If I don't get more money I'll quit."
},
{
"text": "He quit in protest over the decision."
},
{
"text": "He has decided to quit as manager of the team.",
"contextForm": "quit as something"
},
{
"text": "to **quit your job**",
"contextForm": "quit something"
},
{
"text": "He quit the show last year because of bad health."
},
{
"text": "She quit school at 16."
},
{
"text": "I am considering quitting my job to start a business."
},
{
"text": "I thought about working part-time, or quitting altogether."
},
{
"text": "In this job you have to know when to quit."
},
{
"text": "Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay."
},
{
"text": "He was forced to quit college and find work."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "abruptly", "suddenly"],
"verb + quit": ["try to", "decide to", "be ready to"],
"preposition": ["as", "over"],
"phrases": [
"give notice to quit",
"issue notice to quit",
"know when to quit"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stop doing something",
"sensetop": "quit doing somethingquit something",
"labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I've quit teaching.",
"contextForm": "quit doing something"
},
{
"text": "You don't know me, so quit trying to act like you do."
},
{
"text": "She finally quit working at age 76."
},
{
"text": "Just quit it!",
"contextForm": "quit something"
},
{
"text": "We only just started. We're not going to quit now."
}
],
"topics": ["Mental health", "Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "abruptly", "suddenly"],
"verb + quit": ["try to", "decide to", "be ready to"],
"preposition": ["as", "over"],
"phrases": [
"give notice to quit",
"issue notice to quit",
"know when to quit"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to leave the place where you live",
"sensetop": "quit (something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We decided it was time to quit the city."
},
{
"text": "The landlord gave them all **notice to quit**."
},
{
"text": "I decide to quit town and lie low for a while."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["altogether", "abruptly", "suddenly"],
"verb + quit": ["try to", "decide to", "be ready to"],
"preposition": ["as", "over"],
"phrases": [
"give notice to quit",
"issue notice to quit",
"know when to quit"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to close a computer program or application",
"sensetop": "quit (something)",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I quit the app and restarted it."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwɪt/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quit__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kwɪts/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quits__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɪtɪd/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quitted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quitting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwɪt/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quit__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kwɪts/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quits__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɪtɪd/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quitted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɪtɪŋ/",
"audio": "qu/quit/quitting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘set free’): from Old French quiter (verb), quite (adjective), from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’."
}