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dismiss

verb

  1. to permit or cause to leave
  2. to remove from position or service: discharge
  3. to reject serious consideration of
  4. to put out of judicial consideration: refuse to hear or hear further in court
  5. to put out (a batsman) in cricket
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Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmɪs/ / /dɪzˈmɪs/

verb

Etymology: Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

  1. To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

    The company dismissed me after less than a year.

  2. To order to leave.

    The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.

  3. To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.

    He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.

  4. To reject; to refuse to accept.

    The court dismissed the case.

    She dismissed the idea as ridiculous.

  5. To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.

    By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.

    As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".

  6. To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).

    She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.

  7. To get a batsman out.

    He was dismissed for 99 runs.

  8. To give someone a red card; to send off.

    Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.