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re·sign
(rĭ-zīn′)v. re·signed, re·sign·ing, re·signs
v.tr.
1. To submit (oneself) passively; accept as inevitable: I resigned myself to a long wait in line.
2. To give up (a position, for example), especially by formal notification.
3. To relinquish (a privilege, right, or claim). See Synonyms at relinquish.
v.intr.
To give up one's job or office; quit, especially by formal notification: resign from a board of directors.
[Middle English resignen, from Old French resigner, from Latin resignāre, to unseal : re-, re- + signāre, to seal (from signum, mark, seal; see sekw- in Indo-European roots).]
re·sign′er n.
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resign
(rɪˈzaɪn)vb
1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) (when: intr, often foll by from) to give up tenure of (a job, office, etc)
2. (tr) to reconcile (oneself) to; yield: to resign oneself to death.
3. (tr) to give up (a right, claim, etc); relinquish: he resigned his claim to the throne.
[C14: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignāre to unseal, invalidate, destroy, from re- + signāre to seal; see sign]
reˈsigner n
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re•sign
(rɪˈzaɪn)v.i.
1. to give up an office or position (often fol. by from).
2. to submit; yield: to resign before the inevitable.
v.t. 3. to give up (an office, position, etc.), often formally.
4. to relinquish (a right, claim, etc.).
5. to submit (oneself, one's mind, etc.) without resistance.
[1325–75; Middle English < Middle French resigner < Latin resignāre to open, release, cancel =re- re- + signāre to mark, seal, sign]
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resign
– retire1. 'resign'
If someone resigns from their job, they leave it after saying that they do not want to do it any more. You can resign from your job at any age, and perhaps start another job soon afterwards.
A hospital administrator has resigned over claims he lied to get the job.
2. 'retire'
When someone retires, they leave their job and stop working, often because they have reached the age when they can get a pension. When professional sportsmen and women stop playing sport as their job, you can also say that they retire, even if they are fairly young.
At the age when most people retire, he is ready to face a new career.
I have decided to retire from Formula One racing at the end of the season
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resign
Past participle: resigned
Gerund: resigning
| Imperative |
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| resign |
| resign |
| Present |
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| I resign |
| you resign |
| he/she/it resigns |
| we resign |
| you resign |
| they resign |
| Preterite |
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| I resigned |
| you resigned |
| he/she/it resigned |
| we resigned |
| you resigned |
| they resigned |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am resigning |
| you are resigning |
| he/she/it is resigning |
| we are resigning |
| you are resigning |
| they are resigning |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have resigned |
| you have resigned |
| he/she/it has resigned |
| we have resigned |
| you have resigned |
| they have resigned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was resigning |
| you were resigning |
| he/she/it was resigning |
| we were resigning |
| you were resigning |
| they were resigning |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had resigned |
| you had resigned |
| he/she/it had resigned |
| we had resigned |
| you had resigned |
| they had resigned |
| Future |
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| I will resign |
| you will resign |
| he/she/it will resign |
| we will resign |
| you will resign |
| they will resign |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have resigned |
| you will have resigned |
| he/she/it will have resigned |
| we will have resigned |
| you will have resigned |
| they will have resigned |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be resigning |
| you will be resigning |
| he/she/it will be resigning |
| we will be resigning |
| you will be resigning |
| they will be resigning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been resigning |
| you have been resigning |
| he/she/it has been resigning |
| we have been resigning |
| you have been resigning |
| they have been resigning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been resigning |
| you will have been resigning |
| he/she/it will have been resigning |
| we will have been resigning |
| you will have been resigning |
| they will have been resigning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been resigning |
| you had been resigning |
| he/she/it had been resigning |
| we had been resigning |
| you had been resigning |
| they had been resigning |
| Conditional |
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| I would resign |
| you would resign |
| he/she/it would resign |
| we would resign |
| you would resign |
| they would resign |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have resigned |
| you would have resigned |
| he/she/it would have resigned |
| we would have resigned |
| you would have resigned |
| they would have resigned |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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Verb 1. resign - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
abdicate, renounce - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"
leave office, step down, quit, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
2. resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
resign, vacate, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
top out - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out"
pull up stakes, depart, leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
3. resign - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
derequisition - release from government control
4. resign - accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate"
accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
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resign
verb
resign yourself to something accept, reconcile yourself to, succumb to, submit to, bow to, give in to, yield to, acquiesce to I simply resigned myself to staying indoors.
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resign
verb1. To bring (oneself) to accept:
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Translations
يَسْتَسْلِم لِ، يُذْعِن، يَخْضَع لِيَسْتَقيليَسْتَقيلُ
rezignovatvzdát seodstoupit
affinde sigtræde tilbage
erota
dati ostavku
beletörõdik
sætta sig viîsegja upp
辞職する
사임하다
atsistatydinimasatsistatydinimo raštasatsistatydintisusitaikęssusitaikyti su
atkāpties no amataatstāt darbuiesniegt atlūgumusamierināties
rezignovať
dati odpovedsprijazniti se
avgå
ลาออก
istifa etmek kabullenmek
từ chức
resign
[rɪˈzaɪn]A. VT [+ office, post] → dimitir de, renunciar a ; [+ claim, task] → renunciar a
to resign a task to others → ceder un cometido a otros
when he resigned the leadership → cuando dimitió de or renunció a la jefatura
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → resignarse a (hacer) algo
I resigned myself to never seeing her again → me resigné a no volverla a ver nunca más
to resign a task to others → ceder un cometido a otros
when he resigned the leadership → cuando dimitió de or renunció a la jefatura
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → resignarse a (hacer) algo
I resigned myself to never seeing her again → me resigné a no volverla a ver nunca más
B. VI
2. (Chess) → abandonar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
resign
[rɪˈzaɪn] vt
[+ one's post, position] → démissionner de
vi → démissionner
to resign as sth
He resigned as chairman → Il a démissionné de ses fonctions de président.
to resign from sth → démissionner de qch
to resign from office [minister] → démissionner de ses fonctions
to resign as sth
He resigned as chairman → Il a démissionné de ses fonctions de président.
to resign from sth → démissionner de qch
to resign from office [minister] → démissionner de ses fonctions
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
resign
vt
(= give up) office, post → zurücktreten von, abgeben ; claim, rights → aufgeben, verzichten auf (+acc); to resign one’s commission (Mil) → seinen Abschied nehmen
vi (from public appointment, committee) → zurücktreten ; (employee) → kündigen ; (civil servant, clergyman) → sein Amt niederlegen ; (teacher) → aus dem Dienst ausscheiden ; to resign from office → sein Amt niederlegen ; he resigned from (his job with) "The Times" → er hat (seine Stelle) bei der „Times" gekündigt ; the Prime Minister was forced to resign → der Premierminister wurde zum Rücktritt gezwungen ; to resign to the inevitable → sich in das Unvermeidliche fügen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
resign
[rɪˈzaɪn]1. vt (office, leadership) → lasciare (frm) (claim) → rinunciare a
to resign one's post → dimettersi
to resign one's commission (Mil) → rassegnare le dimissioni
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → rassegnarsi a (fare) qc
to resign one's post → dimettersi
to resign one's commission (Mil) → rassegnare le dimissioni
to resign o.s. to (doing) sth → rassegnarsi a (fare) qc
2. vi to resign (from) → dimettersi (da), dare le dimissioni (da)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
resign
(rəˈzain) verb1. to leave a job etc. If he criticizes my work again I'll resign; He resigned (from) his post. bedank يَسْتَقيل подавам оставка demitir-se odstoupit, vzdát se aufgeben tage sin afsked παραιτούμαι dimitir (töölt) lahkuma استعفا دادن؛ کناره گیری کردن irtisanoutua démissionner לִהתפַּטֵר छोड़ देना dati (podnijeti) ostavku lemond mengundurkan diri segja upp dimettersi 辞職する 사임하다 atsistatydinti iesniegt atlūgumu; atkāpties no amata; atstāt darbu melepaskan jawatan ontslag nemen si opp, gå av, melde seg ut ustąpić استعفا،لري كيدل demitir-se a demisiona уйти с работы/в отставку odstúpiť, vzdať sa dati odpoved dati ostavku avgå ลาออก istifa etmek 辭職 відмовлятися استعفیٰ دینا từ chức 辞职
2. (with to) to make (oneself) accept (a situation, fact etc) with patience and calmness. He has resigned himself to the possibility that he may never walk again. aanvaar يَسْتَسْلِم لِ، يُذْعِن، يَخْضَع لِ приемам resignar-se rezignovat sich fügen affinde sig δέχομαι υπομονετικά resignarse alistuma به خود قبولاندن alistua se résigner לְהַשלִים עִם- सुपुर्द करना pomiriti se sa sudbinom beletörődik vmibe pasrah sætta sig við rassegnarsi あきらめる 기꺼이 따르다 susitaikyti su samierināties pasrah berusten avfinne seg med, bøye seg for pogodzić się z لا س اخستل، استعفا، پريښودنه: غاړه ايښودنه تسليميدنه resignar-se a se resemna смириться rezignovať sprijazniti se pomiriti se underkasta sig, finna sig i ยอม kabullenmek 聽任...,使順從... підкорятися راضی برضا ہونا cam chịu 听从于...
resignation (rezigˈneiʃən) noun1. the act of resigning. bedanking إسْتِقالَه оставка resignação odstoupení die Aufgabe opsigelse παραίτηση dimisión lahkumine استعفا irtisanoutuminen démission התפטרות पद-त्याग, त्यागपत्र ostavka, povlačenje lemondás pengunduran diri uppsögn dimissioni 辞職 사직 atsistatydinimas atkāpšanās no amata peletakan jawatan ontslag oppsigelse, avskjed; resignasjon ustąpienie استعفا resignação demisie отставка odstúpenie odpoved ostavka avgång การลาออก; การยอมจํานน istifa 辭職 відмовлення від посади; відставка دست برداری sự từ chức 辞职
2. a letter etc stating that one is resigning. You will receive my resignation tomorrow. bedanking رِسالَة إسْتِقالَه оставка carta de demissão rezignace das Rücktrittsgesuch afskedsbegæring παραίτηση dimisión lahkumispalve استعفانامه irtisanomisilmoitus démission מִכתָב הִתפַּטרוּת इस्तीफ़ा pismena ostavka lemondólevél surat pengunduran diri uppsagnarbréf lettera di dimissioni 辞表 사직서 atsistatydinimo raštas atlūgums notis peletakan ontslag oppsigelsesbrev, avskjedssøknad rezygnacja استعفانامه carta de demissão demisie заявление об уходе rezignácia odstopna izjava ostavka avskedsansökan จดหมายลาออก istifa mektubu 辭呈 заява про відставку استعفیٰ đơn xin thôi việc 辞职书
3. (the state of having or showing) patient, calm acceptance (of a situation, fact etc). He accepted his fate with resignation. aanvaarding, gelate إذْعان، خُضوع لِ، إسْتِسْلام смирение resignação rezignace die Ergebung resignation καρτερικότητα resignación alistumus قبول؛ پذیرش hyväksyntä résignation השלמה शांतिपूर्वक दुख rezignirano, smireno beletörődés sikap pasrah það að sætta sig við e-ð, æðruleysi rassegnazione あきらめ 체념 susitaikymas rezignācija; samierināšanās menerima kenyataan berusting hengivelse, resignasjon rezygnacja قبول resignação resemnare покорность rezignácia ravnodušje pomirenje resignation การยอมรับสภาพ teslimiyet, boyun eğme, tevekkül 聽從,順從 покірність, смиренність تسلیم و رضا sự cam chịu 听从,顺从
reˈsigned adjective (often with to) having or showing patient, calm acceptance (of a fact, situation etc). He is resigned to his fate. is kalm oor مُذْعِن، مُسَلِّم بأمْرِه، مُسْتَسْلِم примирен conformado smířený ergeben resigneret υποταγμένος, παραδομένος (μτφ.) resignado alistunud بردبار alistunut résigné השלים शांतिपूर्वक (भाग्य के दिए हुए) कष्टों को सहने में प्रवृत्त, संतोषी, सब्र कर लेने वाला rezigniran, pomiren sa sudbinom beletörődő pasrah sáttur rassegnato あきらめた 순종하는 susitaikęs (su), nuolankus samierinājies penerimaan kenyataan berustend som har funnet seg i sin skjebne, resignert; oppgitt pogodzony (z) مهربان conformado resemnat (cu) покорный zmierený sprijaznjen pomiren resignerad, som finner sig i ซึ่งยอมจํานน tevekkül, boyun eğme 屈從的 покірний قانع cam chịu 屈从的
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resign
→ يَسْتَقيلُ rezignovat træde tilbage zurücktreten von παραιτούμαι dimitir erota démissionner dati ostavku dimettersi 辞職する 사임하다 ontslag nemen trekke seg zrzec się demitir-se , resignar-se уходить в отставку avgå ลาออก istifa etmek từ chức 辞职Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
resign
v. renunciar, resignar, desistir; resignarse.
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