give notice
1. inform (somebody) of something
- I advised him that the rent was due
• Syn:
advise, notify, send word, apprise, apprize
• Derivationally related forms:
apprisal (for: apprise), notification (for: notify), notice (for: notify), notifiable (for: notify)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, fire, can, dismiss, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible (for: dismiss), dismission (for: dismiss), dismissal (for: dismiss), firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, dismiss, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
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