GIVE NOTICE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does give notice mean? 

• GIVE NOTICE (verb)
  The verb GIVE NOTICE has 2 senses:

1. terminate the employment of
2. inform (somebody) of something

  Familiarity information: GIVE NOTICE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIVE NOTICE (verb)

Meaning:

Terminate the employment of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

give the axe; give notice; give the sack; sack; force out; send away; can; fire; dismiss; terminate

Context examples:

The boss fired his secretary today / The company terminated 25% of its workers

Hypernyms (to "give notice" is one way to...):

remove (remove from a position or an office)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give notice"):

retire (make (someone) retire)

pension off (let go from employment with an attractive pension)

clean out (force out)

furlough; lay off (dismiss, usually for economic reasons)

squeeze out (force out)

dismiss; drop; send away; send packing (stop associating with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Meaning:

Inform (somebody) of something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

apprise; apprize; notify; send word; advise; give notice

Context example:

I advised him that the rent was due

Hypernyms (to "give notice" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE