Meaning

2 senses

  1. (euphemistic, transitive)To terminate the employment of.

  2. (India, UK, transitive)To terminate use under a lease of.

Origin

From de- + hire.

From de- + hire.

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Forms

dehires, dehiring, dehired, dehired
Base formdehire · to dehire
3rd person singulardehires
Present participledehiring
Past simpledehired
Past participledehired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydehire
he, she, itdehires

Past simpleLesson

all personsdehired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dehired
he, she, ithas dehired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dehire

Synonyms

3 synonyms
terminate employment:decruit
let gounhire

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
degenerationdegradationC1degradeC1degreeA2dehumanizationdehumanizeB2dehydratedehydration
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