Meanings
present singular third person gives notice · participle present giving notice · past gave notice · participle past given notice · alternative give one's notice
- 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 - 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
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
give notice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give%20notice
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