dismissed

Thân thiện

The employee was dismissed from his position.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having lost your job; no longer employed: Describes the state of being terminated from employment, typically by an employer's decision.

Usage

• Used to describe a person whose employment has been formally ended.
• Often implies the termination was not voluntary on the part of the employee.
• Can be used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The dismissed workers gathered their belongings and left the building.
  • She felt anxious after being dismissed from her position last week.
  • He is currently dismissed and looking for a new job.

Advanced Usage

• "Newly dismissed": Recently having lost one's job.
  • The newly dismissed employees were offered career counseling.
• "Wrongfully dismissed": Terminated from employment in a manner that breaches a contract or law.
  • She filed a lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully dismissed.

Variants and Related Words

• Dismiss (verb): To terminate someone from employment.
  • The company decided to dismiss the entire department.
• Dismissal (noun): The act of dismissing someone or the state of being dismissed.
  • His dismissal came as a complete shock to the team.

Synonyms

• Fired: (informal) Dismissed from a job.
• Terminated: Having one's employment ended.
• Laid off: Dismissed, often temporarily or due to company restructuring.
• Let go: Dismissed from employment.

Antonyms

• Employed: Having a paid job.
• Hired: Taken on as an employee.
• Retained: Kept in one's job.

Related Phrases

• To get the sack: (Idiom, informal) To be dismissed from a job.
  • He got the sack for consistently being late.
• To be given one's marching orders: (Idiom) To be formally dismissed.
  • After the merger, several managers were given their marching orders.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having lost your job

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discharged
• fired
• laid-off
• pink-slipped