quit

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US /kwɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #1035

Meanings

1

verb
To stop doing something.

I quit smoking three years ago.
2

verb
To leave a job or position permanently.

She quit her job to start her own business.
3

verb
To leave a place.

The soldiers quit the city at dawn.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to stop doing something. stopgive up

2 verb · to leave a job or position... step downresign

3 verb · to leave a place. leave absent

More conclude finish

Opposites

begin initiate persevere start

Word family

Forms quittedquitting

Derived forms coquitquitclaimquitlinequitrentquitsquitsiesquittablequittalquitterragequitunquit

Etymology

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.

*kʷyeh₁- Proto-Indo-European quiten Middle English quitter Old French quietus Latin

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# quit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kwɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 1035

## Meanings
1. To stop doing something.
2. To leave a job or position permanently.
3. To leave a place.

## Examples
- I quit smoking three years ago.
- She quit her job to start her own business.
- The soldiers quit the city at dawn.

## Synonyms
- conclude
- finish

## Antonyms
- begin
- initiate
- persevere
- start

## Derived Forms
- coquit
- quitclaim
- quitline
- quitrent
- quits
- quitsies
- quittable
- quittal
- quitter
- ragequit
- unquit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *kʷyeh₁-
- Root: quiten
- Root: quitter
- Root: quietus

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Quit comes 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. In present-day English it covers to stop doing something, to leave a job or position permanently, and to leave a place. The wider family includes derived forms such as coquit, quitclaim, quitline, quitrent, quits.

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- Space, Position & Direction

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