quit

quit  (kwt)

v. quit or quit·ted (kwtd), quit·ting, quits

v.tr.

1. To depart from; leave: "You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits" Horatio Nelson.

2. To leave the company of: had to quit the gathering in order to be home by midnight.

3. To give up; relinquish: quit a job.

4. To abandon or put aside; forsake: advised them to quit their dissipated ways.

5. To cease or discontinue: asked them to quit talking; quit smoking.

6. Computer Science To exit (an application).

7.

a. To rid oneself of by paying: quit a debt.

b. To release from a burden or responsibility.

8. To conduct (oneself) in a specified way: Quit yourselves like adults.

v.intr.

1. To cease performing an action. See Synonyms at stop.

2. To give up, as in defeat; stop.

3. To leave a job.

adj.

Absolved of a duty or an obligation; free.

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[Middle English quiten, to release, from Old French quiter, from Medieval Latin quitre, qutre, from Latin quitus, at rest; see quiet.]

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quit

Verb

[quitting, quit]

1. to stop (doing something)

2. to resign (from): the Prime Minister's decision to quit, he quit his job as a salesman

3. to leave (a place) [Old French quitter]

quitter n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quit - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" cease, discontinue, lay off, stop, give up knock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending" close off, shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" break - give up; "break cigarette smoking"
	2.	quit - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" leave office, step down, resign resign, vacate, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" top out - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" pull up stakes, depart, leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
	3.	quit - go away or leave take leave, depart walk out of - leave, usually as an expression of disapproval congee - depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed with the King" beat a retreat - depart hastily go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" plump out - depart suddenly; "He plumped out of the house" break camp, decamp - leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
	4.	quit - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" foreswear, relinquish, renounce disclaim - renounce a legal claim or title to abandon, give up - give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
	5.	quit - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up

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quit

verb 1. resign (from), leave, retire (from), pull out (of), surrender, chuck (informal) step down (from) (informal) relinquish, renounce, pack in (informal) abdicate

verb 2. stop, give up, cease, end, drop, abandon, suspend, halt, discontinue, belay Nautical << OPPOSITE continue

verb 3. leave, depart from, go out of, abandon, desert, exit, withdraw from, forsake, go away from, pull out from, decamp from

Translations

quit [pt, pp quit or quitted] [kwɪt] vt → dejar, abandonar [+ premises]; desocupar;

(COMPUT) → abandonar

vi (= give up) → renunciar (= go away); irse (= resign); dimitir;

quit stalling! (US) (col) → ¡déjate de evasivas!

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quit [kwɪt] [quit or quitted , pt, pp ] vt → quitter

vi (= give up) → abandonner, renoncer (= resign); démissionner;

to quit doing → arrêter de faire;

quit stalling! (US) (inf) → arrête de te dérober!;

notice to quit (Brit) → congé m (signifié au locataire)

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quit [kwɪt] [quit or quitted , pt, pp ] vt (smoking) → aufgeben;

(job) → kündigen;

(premises) → verlassen

vi (give up) → aufgeben;

(resign) → kündigen;

to quit doing sth → aufhören, etw zu tun;

quit stalling! (US) (inf) → weichen Sie nicht ständig aus!;

notice to quit (Brit) → Kündigung f

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quit [pt quit or quitted, pp ] [kwɪt] vt → lasciare, partire da

vi (= give up) → mollare (= resign); dimettersi;

to quit doing → smettere di fare;

quit stalling! (US ) (col) → non tirarla per le lunghe!;

notice to quit (BRIT) → preavviso (dato all'inquilino)