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fired

  • adjective
  • fir·ed
  • /ˈfaɪ̯əd/

dismissed, terminated from employment.

Other meanings

  1. Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.

Related words

  • overfired
  • over-fired
  • underfired
  • under-fired

Example sentences

  • “I almost got myself fired.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “Expect her to be fired, since she is often late for work.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fired” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.