give notice

verb

To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.

“Did you hear that Jack gave notice today?”

Meanings

verbgive notice (third-person singular simple present gives notice, present participle giving notice, simple past gave notice, past participle given notice)

present singular third person gives notice · participle present giving notice · past gave notice · participle past given notice · alternative give one's notice

  1. idiomaticTo announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.

    Did you hear that Jack gave notice today?

    2 more examples

    He gave notice yesterday that he'll leave in two weeks.

    A Cambridgeshire man recently gave notice with a message piped on top of a passion cake. A half-baked idea, or a generous parting gift for the office?

    2013 April 16, Paula Cocozza, “Resignation by cake: the sweetest way to say goodbye”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, notice.

    Having got its Act, the M.B.M. & M.J.R. apparently had misgivings about the route, in view of the very heavy engineering works that would be necessary, and on November 9, 1846, the company gave notice of a further bill for a deviated line, which was passed into law on July 22, 1847.

    1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 149

Synonyms & antonyms

verbterminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

Broader

verbinform (somebody) of something

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

German kündigen
  • kündigento announce one's intent to leave a job
Hungarian felmond
  • felmondto announce one's intent to leave a job
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“give notice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20notice. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give notice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20notice.

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