{
    "term": "resign",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "resign",
            "heSheIt": "resigns"
        },
        "pastSimple": "resigned",
        "pastParticiple": "resigned",
        "ingForm": "resigning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to officially tell somebody that you are leaving your job, an organization, etc.",
            "sensetop": "resign as somethingresign from somethingresign over somethingresign something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was forced to resign due to ill health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He resigned as manager after eight years.",
                    "contextForm": "resign as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two members resigned from the board in protest.",
                    "contextForm": "resign from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some judges have threatened to resign over this issue.",
                    "contextForm": "resign over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My father resigned his directorship last year.",
                    "contextForm": "resign something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He resigned as chairman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She formally resigned from the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The minister offered to resign after his affair became public."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called on her to resign as chief executive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three members of the committee resigned over the issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two MPs threatened to resign if the government did not agree to examine this case."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["formally", "abruptly", "immediately"],
                "verb + resign": ["be forced to", "be obliged to", "have to"],
                "preposition": ["as", "from", "over"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪn/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resign__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnz/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigns__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnd/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪn/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resign__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnz/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigns__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnd/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈzaɪnɪŋ/",
                "audio": "re/resign/resigning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French resigner, from Latin resignare ‘unseal, cancel’, from re- ‘back’ + signare ‘sign, seal’."
}