- dismiss
- [[t]dɪ̱smɪ̱s[/t]]
♦♦♦dismisses, dismissing, dismissed1) VERB If you dismiss something, you decide or say that it is not important enough for you to think about or consider.
[V n as n] Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation...
[V n] I would certainly dismiss any allegations of impropriety by the Labour Party...
[V n] I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
Syn:2) VERB If you dismiss something from your mind, you stop thinking about it.[V n from n] I dismissed him from my mind...
[V n] `It's been a lovely day,' she said, dismissing the episode.
Syn:3) VERB When an employer dismisses an employee, the employer tells the employee that they are no longer needed to do the job that they have been doing.[V n] ...the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work...
[V n] The military commander has been dismissed.
Syn:sack, fire4) VERB If you are dismissed by someone in authority, they tell you that you can go away from them.[be V-ed] Two more witnesses were called, heard and dismissed...
[be V-ed] The hired carriage was dismissed. [Also V n]
Syn:sent away5) VERB When a judge dismisses a case against someone, he or she formally states that there is no need for a trial, usually because there is not enough evidence for the case to continue.[V n] An American judge yesterday dismissed murder charges against Dr Jack Kevorkian.
[have n V-ed] ...their attempt to have the case against them dismissed.
English dictionary. 2008.