renvoyer
Meanings
Verb
1. to resend, retransmit; to send again
2. to send back (to give back to the original sender)
3. to give back, throw back, post back, bounce back, swing back etc.
4. to put off, postpone (an appointment, a duty)
5. to reflect (i.e. of a reflective surface)
6. to echo (of sound, to come back)
7. to fire, dismiss, expel a student (transitive)
8. to refer (somebody to something) (followed by the preposition à)
9. to remind (somebody of something)
Examples82
Tom a-t-il été renvoyé ?
Has Tom been fired?
Tom était renvoyé à Boston.
Tom was sent back to Boston.
J'ai été renvoyé en 2013.
I was fired in 2013.
Ziri ne sera pas renvoyé.
Ziri won't be kicked out.
Vous avez été renvoyés.
You were made redundant.
Vous avez été renvoyées.
You were made redundant.