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# forfeit

«forfeit» in Mova's school dictionary: **To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (forfeit, forfeits, forfeited, forfeiting); noun (a forfeit, forfeits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (verb) To lose something or give it up because you broke a rule or did not do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#m1)

2) (verb, sport) To lose a game because you did not play or broke the rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#m2)

3) (noun) Something you must give up or do as a punishment, especially in a party game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In sport: «The team had to forfeit the match» (they lose automatically). In party games: losers must pay a forfeit (sing a song, do a silly dance). In rules: «If you don't pay on time, you forfeit your place».

### examples

- The team forfeited the game because only six players came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x1)
- If you cheat, you forfeit your points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x2)
- The forfeit was to sing a song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x3)
- He forfeited his deposit when he cancelled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x4)
- Late entries forfeit the chance to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x5)
- In the game, a wrong answer means a forfeit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x6)
- If not, your head shall pay the forfeit.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/#x7)

### note

Spelling trap: forfeit (e before i). Pronounced FOR-fit. In sports scoring, a forfeit often counts as a fixed score, for example a loss.

### In the corpora

- [The forfeit money, and the sin money, was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was the priests.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.380/)
- [Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast forfeited thy life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.30/)
- [The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger forfeiteth his life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.560/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forfeit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forfeit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.