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dis·miss

(dĭs-mĭs′)

tr.v. dis·missed, dis·miss·ing, dis·miss·es

1. To end the employment or service of; discharge.

2. To direct or allow to leave: dismissed troops after the inspection; dismissed the student after reprimanding him.

a. To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel: dismissed all thoughts of running for office.

b. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject: dismissed the claim as highly improbable.

4. Law To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.

5. Sports

a. To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.

b. To put out (a batter) in cricket.

[Middle English dismissen, from Medieval Latin dismittere, dismiss-, variant of Latin dīmittere : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + mittere, to send.]

dis·miss′i·ble adj.

dis·mis′sion (-mĭsh′ən) n.

Synonyms: dismiss, boot¹, bounce, can², discharge, fire, sack¹
These verbs mean to terminate the employment of: was dismissed for insubordination; was booted for being late; afraid of being bounced for union activities; wasn't canned because his uncle owns the business; resort workers discharged at the end of the season; was fired unjustly; a reporter sacked for revealing a confidential source. See Also Synonyms at eject.

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dismiss

(dɪsˈmɪs)

vb (tr)

1. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) to remove or discharge from employment or service

2. to send away or allow to go or disperse

3. (Psychology) to dispel from one's mind; discard; reject

4. to cease to consider (a subject): they dismissed the problem.

5. (Cricket) cricket to bowl out (a side) for a particular number of runs

sentence substitute

(Military) military an order to end an activity or give permission to disperse

[C15: from Medieval Latin dismissus sent away, variant of Latin dīmissus, from dīmittere, from dī- dis-¹ + mittere to send]

disˈmissible adj

disˈmissive adj

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dis•miss

(dɪsˈmɪs)

v.t.

1. to direct or allow to leave: dismissed the class.

2. to discharge from service: to dismiss an employee.

3. to discard or reject; put aside from consideration: to dismiss a story as rumor.

4. to remove from a court's consideration: to dismiss all charges.

[1400–50; < Medieval Latin dismissus, for Latin dīmissus, past participle of dīmittere to send away =dī- di-² + mittere to send]

dis•miss′ive, adj.

syn: See release.

dismiss

Past participle: dismissed
Gerund: dismissing

Imperative
dismiss
dismiss

Present
I dismiss
you dismiss
he/she/it dismisses
we dismiss
you dismiss
they dismiss

Preterite
I dismissed
you dismissed
he/she/it dismissed
we dismissed
you dismissed
they dismissed

Present Continuous
I am dismissing
you are dismissing
he/she/it is dismissing
we are dismissing
you are dismissing
they are dismissing

Present Perfect
I have dismissed
you have dismissed
he/she/it has dismissed
we have dismissed
you have dismissed
they have dismissed

Past Continuous
I was dismissing
you were dismissing
he/she/it was dismissing
we were dismissing
you were dismissing
they were dismissing

Past Perfect
I had dismissed
you had dismissed
he/she/it had dismissed
we had dismissed
you had dismissed
they had dismissed

Future
I will dismiss
you will dismiss
he/she/it will dismiss
we will dismiss
you will dismiss
they will dismiss

Future Perfect
I will have dismissed
you will have dismissed
he/she/it will have dismissed
we will have dismissed
you will have dismissed
they will have dismissed

Future Continuous
I will be dismissing
you will be dismissing
he/she/it will be dismissing
we will be dismissing
you will be dismissing
they will be dismissing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dismissing
you have been dismissing
he/she/it has been dismissing
we have been dismissing
you have been dismissing
they have been dismissing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dismissing
you will have been dismissing
he/she/it will have been dismissing
we will have been dismissing
you will have been dismissing
they will have been dismissing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dismissing
you had been dismissing
he/she/it had been dismissing
we had been dismissing
you had been dismissing
they had been dismissing

Conditional
I would dismiss
you would dismiss
he/she/it would dismiss
we would dismiss
you would dismiss
they would dismiss

Past Conditional
I would have dismissed
you would have dismissed
he/she/it would have dismissed
we would have dismissed
you would have dismissed
they would have dismissed

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Verb	1.	dismiss - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" brush aside, brush off, discount, disregard, ignore, push aside cold-shoulder, slight - pay no attention to, disrespect; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" discredit - cause to be distrusted or disbelieved; "The paper discredited the politician with its nasty commentary" shrug off - minimize the importance of, brush aside; "Jane shrugged off the news that her stock had fallen 3 points" pass off - disregard; "She passed off the insult" flout, scoff - treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" turn a blind eye - refuse to acknowledge; "He turns a blind eye to the injustices in his office" laugh away, laugh off - deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it; "She laughs away all these problems" disoblige - ignore someone's wishes
	2.	dismiss - cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!" throw out
	3.	dismiss - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock" send away, send packing, drop give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, dismiss, terminate - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" drop - terminate an association with; "drop him from the Republican ticket"
	4.	dismiss - terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, can, force out, displace, fire, terminate retire - make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal" pension off - let go from employment with an attractive pension; "The director was pensioned off when he got senile" clean out - force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers" furlough, lay off - dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized" squeeze out - force out; "Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts" remove - remove from a position or an office send away, send packing, dismiss, drop - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
	5.	dismiss - end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report" usher out say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell
	6.	dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections" dissolve alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dissolve, break up - bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

dismiss

verb

1. reject, disregard, spurn, repudiate, pooh-pooh He dismissed the reports as mere speculation.

2. banish, drop, dispel, shelve, discard, set aside, eradicate, cast out, lay aside, put out of your mind I dismissed the thought from my mind.

3. sack, fire (informal), remove (informal), axe (informal), discharge, oust, lay off, kick out (informal), cashier, send packing (informal), give notice to, kiss off (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), give (someone) their marching orders, give (someone) the push (informal), give (someone) the elbow, give the boot to (slang), give the bullet to (Brit. slang), give someone his or her P45 (informal) the power to dismiss civil servants who refuse to work

4. let go, free, release, discharge, dissolve, liberate, disperse, disband, send away Two more witnesses were called, heard and dismissed.

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dismiss

verb

1. To end the employment or service of:

cashier, discharge, drop, release, terminate.

Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip.

Slang: boot, bounce, can, sack.

Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door.

2. To direct or allow to leave:

send (away).

Idioms: send about one's business, send packing, show someone the door.

3. To put out by force:

bump, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out.

Informal: chuck.

Slang: boot (out), bounce, kick out.

Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear.

4. To cease consideration or treatment of:

drop, give over, give up, skip.

Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of.

5. To rid one's mind of:

banish, cast out, dispel, shut out.

6. To be unwilling to accept, consider, or receive:

decline, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down.

Slang: nix.

Idiom: turn thumbs down on.

Translations

يَرْفُض النَّظَر في القَضِيَّهيَصْرِفُيَطْرُد من الخِدْمَهيَطْرُد، يُبْعِد

propustitpustit z hlavyvypustitzamítnoutzastavit

afviseopsigeafskedige

entlassen abweisen

απολύω αποπέμπω

despedir destituir desestimar despachar cesar

erottaa työstä

renvoyer licencier refuser rejeter repousser

odbaciti

segja uppvísa á dyr; hætta aî hugsa umvísa frá

licenziare congedare destituire esonerare respingere

解雇する

해고하다

paleistivyti

aizraidītatlaistatteiktiesizbeigtsūtīt prom

terzijde schuiven

avskjedige bli av med sende vekk avferdige

zwolnić

demitir ignorar

освободить отклонять рассчитывать сокращать

odpustitiodsloviti

avskeda

ไม่สนใจ

göndermek işten çıkarmakişten kovmakreddetmek uzaklaştırmak

bỏ đi

解散解雇让...离开驳回

dismiss

[dɪsˈmɪs]

A. VT

1. (from job) [+ worker] → despedir; [+ official] → destituir
to be dismissed from the service (Mil) → ser dado de baja, ser separado del servicio

2. (= send away) (gen) → despachar; [+ troops] → dar permiso (para irse)
class dismissed! (Scol) → eso es todo por hoy

3. (= reject, disregard) [+ thought] → rechazar, apartar de sí; [+ request] → rechazar; [+ possibility] → descartar, desechar; [+ problem] → hacer caso omiso de
with that he dismissed the matter → con eso dio por concluido el asunto

4. (Jur) [+ court case] → anular; [+ appeal] → desestimar, rechazar
the case was dismissed → el tribunal absolvió al acusado

5. (= beat) [+ opponent] → vencer

B. VI (Mil) → romper filas
dismiss! → ¡rompan filas!

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dismiss

[ˌdɪsˈmɪs]

(= sack) [+ employee] → congédier, renvoyer

(= allow to leave) [+ person, witness] → renvoyer; [teacher] [+ pupils] → laisser sortir

(= reject) [+ suggestion, idea] → écarter; [+ report, problem] → écarter
to dismiss sth as sth
He dismissed the report as speculation → Il a écarté le rapport en le reléguant au rang de spéculation.
He dismissed as "nonsense" claims that he was under pressure to resign → Il a écarté les affirmations selon lesquelles on le poussait à la démission en les qualifiant de grotesques.

(LAW) [+ appeal, claim] → rejeter
to dismiss a case → rendre une fin de non-recevoir
to dismiss a charge → rendre une ordonnance de non-lieu
The judge dismissed the murder charge against her → Le juge a rejeté l'accusation de meurtre dont elle faisait l'objet.

vi (MILITARY) [soldiers] → rompre les rangs

dismiss

(from job) → entlassen

(= allow to go) → entlassen; assembly → auflösen, aufheben; dismiss! → wegtreten!; “class dismissed” → „ihr dürft gehen“

(= brush aside) point, objection, speculation, claims → abtun; to dismiss something from one’s mind → etw verwerfen; to dismiss somebody from one’s mind → sich (dat) → jdn aus dem Kopf schlagen; to dismiss something out of hand → etw pauschal abtun

(Jur) accused → entlassen; appeal → abweisen; to dismiss a case → die Klage abweisen; to dismiss charges against somebody → die Klage gegen jdn abweisen

(Sport) batsman, team → ausschlagen; he was dismissed for 52 runs → er wurde nach 52 Läufen ausgeschlagen

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dismiss

[dɪsˈmɪs]

1. vt

a. (worker) → licenziare; (official) → destituire; (assembly) → sciogliere

b. (gen) → congedare; (charge, accusation) → respingere; (problem, possibility, idea) → scartare
the judge dismissed the case (Law) → il giudice ha dichiarato il non luogo a procedere
class dismissed! (Scol) → potete andare!

2. vi (Mil) → rompere i ranghi

dismiss

(disˈmis) verb

1. to send or put away. She dismissed him with a wave of the hand; Dismiss the idea from your mind!

2. to remove from office or employment. He was dismissed from his post for being lazy.

3. to stop or close (a law-suit etc). Case dismissed!

disˈmissal noun

dismiss

→ يَصْرِفُ pustit z hlavy afvise entlassen απολύω desestimar, despedir erottaa työstä renvoyer odbaciti licenziare 解雇する 해고하다 terzijde schuiven avskjedige zwolnić demitir, ignorar отклонять avskeda ไม่สนใจ işten çıkarmak bỏ đi 解散

dismiss

v. rechazar; descartar; [an employee] despedir.

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She is mistress of herself; she can positively dismiss him now--after she has let him kiss her!

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"Yet when you are tired of a professor or maitresse, you scruple to dismiss them?"

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'Very well,' said I to the constable and to the porter; 'you will be pleased to remember this, gentlemen, another time.' The porter said, 'Yes, madam'; and the constable began not to like it, and would have persuaded the mercer to dismiss him, and let me go, since, as he said, he owned I was not the person.

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The long interval that had elapsed since the birth of her last child; the serious illness which had afflicted her after the death of that child in infancy; the time of life at which she had now arrived -- all inclined her to dismiss the idea as soon as it arose in her mind.

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Will it not be more safe, as well as more simple, to dismiss such vague and uncertain calculations, to examine each power by itself, and to decide, on general principles, where it may be deposited with most advantage and least inconvenience?

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And he went on talking over the business in hand calmly, while I tried vainly to dismiss from my mind the picture of Cesar steeped to the chin in the water of the old harbour, a decoction of centuries of marine refuse.

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"Your Honour," said the defendant's attorney, when the case was called, "I move that this astonishing action be dismissed. Not only is my client in no way responsible for the loss, but he distinctly foreshadowed the very thing that caused it."

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I must torment my sister-in-law for the insolent triumph of her look and manner since Sir James has been dismissed; for, in reconciling Reginald to me, I was not able to save that ill-fated young man; and I must make myself amends for the humiliation to which I have stooped within these few days.