fired

Thân thiện

The manager fired the employee for being late.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Having lost your job: Describes a person who has been terminated from employment, typically by an employer's decision. - The company downsized, and many employees were left fired. - He was fired for consistently being late to work.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After the merger, hundreds of workers were suddenly fired.
  • She felt anxious about being fired without any prior warning.
  • The fired employees received a severance package.

Advanced Usage

• "to get fired": This is the common verbal phrase used to describe the action of losing one's job.
  • If you don't improve your performance, you might get fired.
• "newly-fired" / "recently-fired": Used to emphasize the recency of the job loss.
  • The recently-fired manager is already looking for a new position.

Variants and Related Words

• Fire (verb): The action of dismissing someone from a job.
  • The boss had to fire the incompetent assistant.
• Firing (noun): The act of terminating employment.
  • The mass firing caused an uproar in the local community.

Synonyms

• Dismissed: Formally removed from a job.
• Terminated: Ended employment, often a more formal term.
• Let go: A common, often softer expression for being fired.
• Laid off: Specifically refers to job loss due to company restructuring or lack of work, not necessarily performance.

Antonyms

• Hired: Given a job.
• Employed: Currently having a job.
• Retained: Kept in one's job.

Related Phrases

• "Fired with enthusiasm": (Idiom) This is a different meaning of "fired," meaning filled with intense excitement or passion. It is not related to job loss.
  • The coach's speech fired the team with enthusiasm for the final match.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having lost your job

Từ đồng nghĩa

• discharged
• dismissed
• laid-off
• pink-slipped