Meaning

1 senses

  1. (intransitive) To abort an unresponsive computer program, bypassing the usual closure process.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Illness forced Tom to quit school.

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  2. Tom tried to force Mary to quit.

    deTom versuchte, Mary zum Aufhören zu zwingen.

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  3. Tom was forced to quit his job.

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  4. I was forced to quit.

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  5. After five years in the special forces, I quit.

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Forms

force quits, force quitting, force quit, force quit
Base formforce quit · to force quit
3rd person singularforce quits
Present participleforce quitting
Past simpleforce quit / force quitted
Past participleforce quit / force quitted

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyforce quit
he, she, itforce quits

Past simpleLesson

all personsforce quit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave force quit
he, she, ithas force quit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill force quit

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
forbearanceforbidA2forceA2forcefulforcefullyB2forcepsforcibly
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