What part of speech is fired?

Fired can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. fired is a verb, past participle of fire (infinitive).
  • 2. fired is a verb, past simple of fire (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does fired mean?

Definitions

Adjective

fired - having lost your job

Verb

fire - cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
fire - bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
fire - go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
fire - drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
fire - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
fire - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
fire - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
fire - start firing a weapon
fire - provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

Examples of fired

#   Sentence  
1. verb Currently, the US is facing an asymmetrical attack from groups wielding small arms, shoulder-fired grenades and roadside bombs.
2. verb Number of Arabic linguists fired by the US army between mid-August and mid-October 2002 for being gay.
3. verb An art teacher in the mid-cities area of Dallas/Ft.Worth metro got fired because she took an art class on an approved field trip with parental permission for each student and some hysterical parent discovered that they saw "nudes" in the museum.
4. verb And on top of it all, I was fired.
5. verb We fired guns at the enemy.
6. verb The rockets were fired from a launching pad.
7. verb If he will not work hard, he will be fired.
8. verb Suppose you are fired, what will you do first?
9. verb Had it not been for your help, I would have been fired.
10. verb Another mistake, and he will be fired.
11. verb This is why I fired him.
12. verb He may well be fired.
13. verb He told me point-blank that I was fired.
14. verb You're fired.
15. verb In British English, "to get the sack" means to be fired from your job.
Sentence  
verb
Currently, the US is facing an asymmetrical attack from groups wielding small arms, shoulder-fired grenades and roadside bombs.
Number of Arabic linguists fired by the US army between mid-August and mid-October 2002 for being gay.
An art teacher in the mid-cities area of Dallas/Ft.Worth metro got fired because she took an art class on an approved field trip with parental permission for each student and some hysterical parent discovered that they saw "nudes" in the museum.
And on top of it all, I was fired.
We fired guns at the enemy.
The rockets were fired from a launching pad.
If he will not work hard, he will be fired.
Suppose you are fired, what will you do first?
Had it not been for your help, I would have been fired.
Another mistake, and he will be fired.
This is why I fired him.
He may well be fired.
He told me point-blank that I was fired.
You're fired.
In British English, "to get the sack" means to be fired from your job.

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