Meaning of dismiss in English
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Verb
dismissEtymology
late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss-‘sent away’, from the verb dimittereDefinitions
1. bar from attention or considerationExamples
- « She dismissed his advances »
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- 2. cease to consider
Examples
- « put out of judicial consideration »
- « This case is dismissed! »
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- 3. stop associating with
Examples
- « They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock »
- 4. terminate the employment of
Examples
- « The boss fired his secretary today »
- « The company terminated 25% of its workers »
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- 5. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
Examples
- « I was dismissed after I gave my report »
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- 6. declare void
Examples
- « The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections »
Famous quotes
- « I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a phase, I don't think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don't distance myself from any of it. » Ian MacKaye
- « Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name. » Rabindranath Tagore
- « Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution. » John Thune
- « I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities. » Trent Reznor
- « As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually. » Chris Ware