dismiss

dismiss
[[t]dɪ̱smɪ̱s[/t]]
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dismisses, dismissing, dismissed
1) 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, fire
4) 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 away
5) 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.

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