verb / noun · informal
fire
/faɪər/FIRE
Band 4-5speakingtask2
(v) to dismiss someone from a job; (n) combustion or flame
Examples
“The company fired three employees last month due to budget cuts.”
“Be careful with the fire in the kitchen.”
“He was fired after several warnings about attendance.”
Band 8 sentence
“After a formal investigation the company decided to dismiss the employee for gross misconduct, rather than simply fire him informally.”
Collocations
- be fired
- get fired
- fire someone
Word family
fire v / nfired adj / v (past)fireable adj
Common mistakes
I was fire last year.→I was fired last year.
They have fired me three times.→I've been fired three times.
Say it for a higher band
5kick out→6dismiss→7+fire
Synonyms
dismiss
sack
Easily confused
dismiss
“The board decided to dismiss the director after the audit.”
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