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dismiss

/ dismiss /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
bar from attention or consideration
"She dismissed his advances"
Type of:
reject
Kinds of:
slight cold-shoulder discredit shrug off pass off
Derived:
brush-off disregard neglect
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
"This case is dismissed!"
Derived:
judgment of dismissal judgement of dismissal dismissal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
end one''s encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
"I was dismissed after I gave my report"
Type of:
say farewell
Derived:
dismissal
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
stop associating with
"They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
Type of:
fire give notice can
Verb group:
drop
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
declare void
"The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
Type of:
change alter modify
Verb group:
dissolve break up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
terminate the employment of
"The boss fired his secretary today"
"The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Opposites:
hire engage employ
Type of:
remove
Kinds of:
retire pension off clean out furlough lay off
Derived:
dismissal dismission discharge firing liberation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
70%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
37
Times Searched
2
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Related Words

reject slight cold-shoulder discredit shrug off pass off say farewell fire give notice can change alter