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fired

fired

2.2
A person who no longer has their job because their boss told them to leave
  • adjective
  • /faɪrd/
translation icon : despedido
  • Do you know anyone who got fired for criticizing their boss during the meeting?

Eventually they won a settlement and fired workers received back pay.

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Examples

  • Last week, Hedaya got fired from the restaurant after the management noticed repeated tardiness.

  • It's just like a apparently this guy got fired from his job.

  • Have you ever been fired from a voice or a job?

  • Unfortunately, we were fired from all of them.

  • So people got people got fired for stealing moon cakes.

  • Last week, Hedaya got fired from the restaurant.

  • Funny thing is, Dallas got fired for not taking the COVID vaccine.

  • Do you know anyone who got fired from for criticizing Trump?

  • Questions like, did he get fired for covering Gaza on MSNBC?

  • My gym teacher got fired for adding smallpox blankets.

Synonyms

laid-off
vsfired
  • US
68 4.0

Without a job because the company reduced staff or closed

is about losing a job because the employer ends employment for personal performance reasons
pink-slipped
vsfired
  • Informal
1 8.1

No longer working at a job because the company laid you off

is used when job loss comes from employer action and not from company cuts
dismissed
vsfired
3.2

A person who no longer has their job because they were fired

is about losing a job because the employer ends employment for conduct or performance
discharged
vsfired
4.1

No longer working for a company because they lost their job

is about losing a job specifically because the employer chose to end employment

Antonyms

retained
3.8

Something a person still remembers, uses, or keeps

hired
1.1

A person paid to do a job for someone

Idioms

shots were fired
  • Slang
16 8.8

To say negative or attacking things about someone

shots fired
  • Slang
2 8.8

Angry, critical comments aimed at someone in public

How Dismissed

to get the bullet
  • Informal
1 8.9
to terminate
  • Formal
90 5.5
fired
2.2
to let go
852 3.8
laid-off
  • US
68 4.0

Surface Forms

fired positive

Morphology

fired = fire (transparent) = fire + ed

A regular past-participial/adjectival form from the verb 'fire', meaning 'dismissed'; B1 learners who know 'fire' and '-ed' can derive this sense.

Etymology

Fired comes from the verb fire, used like 'to fire a gun' to mean 'to send someone away' or 'dismiss' them. So, if you are fired, your boss has 'sent you out' of your job.