quit
1. put an end to a state or an activity (Freq. 13)
- Quit teasing your little brother
• Syn:
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off
• Ant:
continue (for: discontinue)
• Derivationally related forms:
cessation (for: cease), cease (for: cease), stop (for: stop), stoppage (for: stop), discontinuation (for: discontinue), discontinuance (for: discontinue)
• Hyponyms:
drop, knock off, leave off, sign off, retire,
withdraw, pull the plug, shut off, close off, cheese, call it quits,
call it a day, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: cease)
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: stop)
- They quit moving
2. go away or leave (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
depart, take leave
• Ant:
stay (for: depart)
• Derivationally related forms:
departure (for: depart), departer (for: depart)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Hyponyms:
walk out of, congee, beat a retreat, plump out, decamp, break camp
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s (for: take leave)
3. give up or retire from a position (Freq. 1)
- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
• Syn:
leave office, step down, resign
• Ant:
take office (for: leave office)
• Derivationally related forms:
resignation (for: resign)
• Hypernyms:
leave, depart, pull up stakes
• Hyponyms:
vacate, resign, renounce, give up, retire,
top out, fall
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: resign)
4. turn away from;
give up
- I am foreswearing women forever
• Syn:
foreswear, renounce, relinquish
• Derivationally related forms:
relinquishment (for: relinquish), relinquishing (for: relinquish), renunciant (for: renounce), renunciation (for: renounce)
• Hypernyms:
abandon, give up
• Hyponyms:
disclaim
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope;
admit defeat
- In the second round, the challenger gave up
• Syn:
drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in,
throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge
• Ant:
enter (for: drop out)
• Derivationally related forms:
quitter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something (for: give up)
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