dismiss
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
dismiss (dismisses, present participle dismissing; past and past participle dismissed)
(transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of. - The company dismissed me after less than a year.
- (transitive) To order to leave.
- The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
- (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
- He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
- (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- The court dismissed the case.
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:
- “He was here,” observed Drina composedly, “and father was angry with him.” ¶ “What?” exclaimed Eileen. “When?” ¶ “This morning, before father went downtown.” ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina’s case.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
- He was dismissed for 99 runs.
- (transitive, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
- (to end the employment or service of) see Thesaurus:lay off
- French: renvoyer, limoger, licencier, démettre
- German: entlassen
- Italian: licenziare, congedare, mandare via, dimettere
- Portuguese: demitir, dispensar
- Russian: увольня́ть
- Spanish: despedir, echar
- French: renvoyer, (imperative) rompez
- German: entlassen
- Italian: rompere le righe, in libertà
- Portuguese: dispensar
- Russian: отпуска́ть
- French: rejeter
- German: abweisen, einstellen, zurückweisen
- Italian: respingere, rigettare, archiviare, mandar via
- Portuguese: rejeitar, dispensar
- Spanish: rechazar
- French: retirer
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