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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To end the employment or service of; discharge.
  • v. To direct or allow to leave: dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him.
  • v. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel: dismissed all thoughts of running for office.
  • v. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject: dismissed the claim as highly improbable.
  • v. Law To put (a claim or action) out of court without further hearing.
  • v. Sports To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
  • v. Sports To put out (a batter) in cricket.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
  • v. To order to leave.
  • v. To dispel; to rid one's mind of.
  • v. To reject; to refuse to accept
  • v. To get a batsman out.
  • v. To give someone a red card; to send off
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
  • v. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment
  • v. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
  • n. Dismission.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To send away; order or give permission to depart.
  • To discard; remove from office, service, or employment.
  • To put aside; put away; put out of mind: as, to dismiss the subject.
  • In law, to reject; put out of court: as, the complaint was dismissed for lack of proof; the appeal was dismissed for irregularity.
  • n. Discharge; dismissal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. bar from attention or consideration
  • v. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
  • v. cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
  • v. stop associating with
  • v. terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • v. declare void
  • Verb Form
    dismissed    dismisses    dismissing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    say farewell    displace    sack    terminate    give the axe    give the sack    can    force out    give notice    send away   
    Cross Reference
    discharge   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    discard    dismission    scout   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bliss    Chris    Cris    Dis    Fliss    Hiss    Kris    Miss    Suisse    Swiss   
    Same Context
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