resign
verb /rɪˈzaɪn/
/rɪˈzaɪn/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they resign | /rɪˈzaɪn/ /rɪˈzaɪn/ |
| he / she / it resigns | /rɪˈzaɪnz/ /rɪˈzaɪnz/ |
| past simple resigned | /rɪˈzaɪnd/ /rɪˈzaɪnd/ |
| past participle resigned | /rɪˈzaɪnd/ /rɪˈzaɪnd/ |
| -ing form resigning | /rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/ /rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/ |
- to officially tell somebody that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc.
- She was forced to resign due to ill health.
- resign as something He resigned as manager after eight years.
- resign from something Two members resigned from the board in protest.
- resign over something Some judges have threatened to resign over this issue.
- resign something My father resigned his directorship last year.
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2- He resigned as chairman.
- She formally resigned from the government.
- The minister offered to resign after his affair became public.
- They called on her to resign as chief executive.
- Three members of the committee resigned over the issue.
- Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- formally
- abruptly
- immediately
- …
- be forced to
- be obliged to
- have to
- …
- as
- from
- over
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’.