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dis·miss  (ds-ms)
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.
3.
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 put (a claim or action) out of court without further hearing.
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 dmittere : d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + mittere, to send.]

dis·missi·ble adj.
dis·mission (-mshn) n.
Synonyms: dismiss, boot1, bounce, can2, cashier2, discharge, drop, 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; will be cashiered from the army; resort workers discharged at the end of the season; was dropped for incompetence; was fired unjustly; a reporter sacked for revealing a confidential source. See Also Synonyms at eject.

dismiss [dɪsˈmɪs]
vb (tr)
1. (Business / 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 to decline further hearing to (a claim or action) the judge dismissed the case
5. (Team Sports / 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
[from Medieval Latin dismissus sent away, variant of Latin dīmissus, from dīmittere, from dī- dis-1 + mittere to send]
dismissible  adj
dismissive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.dismiss - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
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!"
3.dismiss - stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
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"
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.dismissdismiss - end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
say farewell - say good-bye or bid farewell
6.dismiss - declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
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.
Translations
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 mattercon eso dio por concluido el asunto
4. (Jur) [+ court case] → anular; [+ appeal] → desestimar, rechazar
the case was dismissedel tribunal absolvió al acusado
5. (= beat) [+ opponent] → vencer
B. VI (Mil) → romper filas
dismiss!¡rompan filas!

dismiss [ˌdɪsˈmɪs]
vt
(= 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
vt
(from job) → entlassen
(= allow to go)entlassen; assemblyauflösen, aufheben; dismiss!wegtreten!; “class dismissed”„ihr dürft gehen
(= brush aside) point, objection, speculation, claimsabtun; to dismiss something from one’s mindetw verwerfen; to dismiss somebody from one’s mindsich (dat)jdn aus dem Kopf schlagen; to dismiss something out of handetw pauschal abtun
(Jur) accusedentlassen; appealabweisen; to dismiss a casedie Klage abweisen; to dismiss charges against somebodydie Klage gegen jdn abweisen
(Sport) batsman, teamausschlagen; he was dismissed for 52 runser wurde nach 52 Läufen ausgeschlagen

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 [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
v dismiss [disˈmis]
1 to send or put away She dismissed him with a wave of the hand; Dismiss the idea from your mind! afwysend, verwerp, afmaak يَطْرُد، يُبْعِد отпращам propustit, vypustit afvise; skyde fra sig entlassen διώχνω despedir, descartar minema saatma, kõrvale heitma راهی کردن؛ از سر بیرون کردن sivuuttaa congédier, écarter לְסָלֵק, לִדחוֹת बरखास्त करना napustiti elenged mengusir vísa á dyr; hætta að hugsa um congedare; abbandonare 去らせる 물리치다 paleisti, vyti aizraidīt; sūtīt prom; atteikties (no domas, idejas) menyuruh pergi wegsturen sende vekk, bli av med odprawić, oddalić, odesłać afastar a concedia, a da afară; a alunga отпускать (pre)pustiť odsloviti; opustiti odbaciti avvisa, slå bort ไม่สนใจ; ไล่ออกจาก uzaklaştırmak, göndermek 讓...離開 гнати دور کرنا ، چلتا کرنا sa thải ...
2 to remove from office or employment He was dismissed from his post for being lazy. afdank يَطْرُد من الخِدْمَه уволнявам propustit afskedige; opsige entlassen απολύω despedir, destituir vallandama برکنار کردن؛ اخراج کردن purkaa työsuhde renvoyer לְפָטֵר हतोत्साहित करना otpustiti elbocsát (alkalmazottat) memecat segja upp licenziare 解雇する 해고하다 atleisti atlaist (no darba) pecat ontslaan avskjedige, si opp zwolnić despedir a concedia увольнять prepustiť odpustiti otpustiti avskeda, entlediga ไล่ออก işten kovmak, yol vermek 解僱 звільняти بر طرف کرنا thải hồi
3 to stop or close (a law-suit etc) Case dismissed! afwys, van die hand wys يَرْفُض النَّظَر في القَضِيَّه разпускам zamítnout, zastavit afvise abweisen τερματίζω, κηρύσσω τη λήξη anular, cerrar, desestimar tagasi lükkama مخدومه اعلام کردن hylätä rendre une fin de non-recevoir לִדחוֹת תְבִיעָה मुकदमा बंद करना या खारिज करना zaključiti elutasít menutup vísa frá archiviare 却下する 각하하다 baigti, nutraukti izbeigt (lietu, apsūdzību) menutup niet ontvankelijk verklaren avvise, avferdige oddalić encerrar a închide, a încheia прекращать (дело) zamietnuť opustiti obustaviti ogilla, avskriva เลิก (dava) reddetmek 駁回(案件) закрити مقدمہ خارج کرنا bác bỏ
n disˈmissal
afdanking, ontslag, afsetting إقالَه، صَرْف، طَرْد уволнение propuštění; zamítnutí afvisning; fyring die Entlassung απόλυση despido, destitución vallandamine; tagasilükkamine راهی سازی؛ اخراج erottaminen renvoi דְחִייָה, פִּיטוּרִים बरखास्तगी otpust elbocsátás, elküldés pemecatan uppsögn; frávísun congedo 退去 물리침, 해고, 각하 atleidimas, nutraukimas aizraidīšana; atteikšanās (no domas); atlaišana (no darba); (lietas) izbeigšana pemecatan ontslag avskjed(igelse), oppsigelse, avvisning dymisja, oddalenie despedimento concediere роспуск;увольнение prepustenie; zamietnutie odslovitev; opustitev obustava avvisande, ogillande, entledigande การไล่ออก izin, işten at(ıl)ma; reddetme 解僱 звільнення; розпуск برخاستگی hành động sa thải

dismiss يَصْرِفْ propustit afvise entlassen απολύω despedir erottaa työstä renvoyer otpustiti licenziare 解雇する 해고하다 ontslaan avskjedige zwolnić demitir увольнять avskeda ปลดออกจากตำแหน่ง işten çıkarmak sa thải 解散


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If you would only dismiss them from your heels, there might soon be treaties of peace and reconciliation between us.
It seemed to dismiss the dead with a shrug of the shoulders.
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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