resign

Other forms of resign

past tense

resigned·

present participle

resigning·

third person

resigns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about resign

What does resign mean?

resign means "leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in resign?

resign has 2 syllables: re-sign. The stress falls on "sign". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈzaɪn/.

What is another word for resign?

Close synonyms include vacate, renounce, give up, leave office, quit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resign a common word?

resign is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with resign?

2 words rhyme with resign. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.