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gives notice

gives notice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give notice.

Meaning of give notice

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.
    • He gave notice yesterday that he'll leave in two weeks.
  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

Questions about gives notice

What is gives notice the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives notice is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give notice.

Words near gives notice in the dictionary

  1. gives life to
  2. gives lip
  3. gives me
  4. gives name to
  5. gives neck
  6. gives notice
  7. gives of oneself
  8. gives off
  9. gives one a yell
  10. gives one enough rope
  11. gives one the lie in one's throat

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