{
    "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’."
}