English verb: give notice | |||
1. | give notice (social) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position | ||
Samples | The boss fired his secretary today. The company terminated 25% of its workers. | ||
Synonyms | can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | remove | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | clean out, dismiss, drop, furlough, lay off, pension off, retire, send away, send packing, squeeze out | ||
Antonyms | hire, employ, engage | ||
2. | give notice (communication) inform (somebody) of something | ||
Samples | I advised him that the rent was due. | ||
Synonyms | advise, apprise, apprize, notify, send word | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody of something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inform | ||