adj
Meaning 1
dismissed, terminated from employment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fired
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯əd/
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General-American: /ˈfaɪ̯ɚd/
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General-American: /ˈfaɪ̯ɹ̩d/
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rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)d
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CMU ARPABET: F AY1 ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Heated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ceramics, chemistry, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of fire
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having lost your job
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English -ed English fired From fire + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: gekündigt — dismissed
- Hungarian: égetett — dismissed
- Swedish: sparkad — dismissed
- Swedish: avskedad — dismissed
- Tagalog: talsik — dismissed
- Greek: οπτός (optós) — ceramics: kilned
Real reading context