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# quitter

«quitter» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who gives up easily instead of trying hard or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a quitter, quitters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal, negative) A person who gives up easily instead of trying hard or finishing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#m1)

2) Someone who stops doing a habit, like a smoker who quits (neutral, rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In sport, school and stories, being called a quitter is an insult; coaches say «Don't be a quitter» and «Winners never quit». It encourages perseverance. Sometimes it is sensible to stop something unsafe — that is not being a quitter. Phrases: «I'm no quitter», «don't be a quitter», «quitters never win».

### examples

- "I'm not a quitter," she said, and tried the puzzle again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x1)
- Quitters never win, and winners never quit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x2)
- Don't be a quitter — finish the race! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x3)
- He felt like a quitter when he left the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x4)
- Coach says nobody on our team is a quitter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x5)
- My uncle is a happy quitter: he stopped smoking last year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quitter/#x6)

### note

Countable: quitters. Spelling: double t (quit → quitter). Informal and a bit unkind; use carefully. Stopping something dangerous is wise, not quitting.

### Trees and pragmatics

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