Definitions for dismiss
dɪsˈmɪsdis·miss

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignoreverb

   bar from attention or consideration

   "She dismissed his advances"

2. dismiss, throw outverb

   cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration

   "This case is dismissed!"

3. dismiss, send packing, send away, dropverb

   stop associating with

   "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

4. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminateverb

   terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

   "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

5. dismiss, usher outverb

   end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave

   "I was dismissed after I gave my report"

6. dissolve, dismissverb

   declare void

   "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dismissverb

   To discharge; to end the employment or service of.

   The company dismissed me after less than a year.

2. dismissverb

   To order to leave.

   The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.

3. dismissverb

   To dispel; to rid one's mind of.

   He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.

4. dismissverb

   To reject; to refuse to accept

   The court dismissed the case.

5. dismissverb

   To get a batsman out.

   He was dismissed for 99 runs.

6. dismissverb

   To give someone a red card; to send off

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To DISMISSverb

   Etymology: dimissus, Latin.

   1. To send away.

   We commit thee thither,
   Until his army be dismiss’d from him. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   He dismissed the assembly. Acts xix. 41.

   2. To give leave of departure.

   If our young Iülus be no more,
   Dismiss our navy from your friendly shore. John Dryden, Virg. Æn.

   3. To discard; to divest of an office.

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1. dismiss

   To dismiss generally means to decide not to consider something or someone as being important or worth attention, or to officially order or allow someone to leave. It can also mean to discharge someone from employment or from an office or position, or to reject serious consideration of something.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dismissverb

   to send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away

2. Dismissverb

   to discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant

3. Dismissverb

   to lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court

4. Dismissnoun

   dismission

5. Etymology: [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. dmettre. See Demise, and cf. Dimit.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dismiss

   dis-mis′, v.t. to send away: to despatch: to discard: to remove from office or employment: (law) to reject, to put out of court, to discharge.—ns. Dismiss′al, Dismis′sion.—adjs. Dismiss′ive, Dismiss′ory. [L. dis, away, mittĕre, missum, to send.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dismiss

   Pipe down the people. To dismiss a drill from parade is to break the ranks.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dismiss

   To discard, or deprive an officer of his commission or warrant. See Appendix, Articles or War.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'dismiss' in Verbs Frequency: #450

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dismiss in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dismiss in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of dismiss in a Sentence

1. Royal Caribbean:

   CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Royal Caribbean has claimed that security camera footage shows Anello leaning out of the open window prior to Chloes death. The cruise liner sought to dismiss the case based on the security footage, blaming Anellos negligence for the tragedy. However, Winkleman alleges that the security footage is deceptive and only uses two angles of the available 13 cameras. The lawyer has filed a motion to both strike the video footage submitted and for Royal Caribbean to produce all video footage from all of the cameras. In a previous statement shared with Fox News by Royal Caribbean, the cruise liner called the incident a heartbreaking tragedy, but offered no further comment on its motion to dismiss. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS The death of Chloe Wiegand is undeniably a heartbreaking tragedy that has prompted a criminal prosecution of Chloes step-grandfather and a civil lawsuit brought by the Wiegand family attorneys. Our position in the matter is outlined in our Motion to Dismiss, which we were legally mandated to do in response to the civil complaint. The motion was filed in Federal Court in South Florida and is available to the public.

2. John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society (1958):

   People are the common denominator of progress. So... no improvement is possible with unimproved people, and advance is certain when people are liberated and educated. It would be wrong to dismiss the importance of roads, railroads, power plants, mills, and the other familiar furniture of economic development.... But we are coming to realize... that there is a certain sterility in economic monuments that stand alone in a sea of illiteracy. Conquest of illiteracy comes first.

3. State Enterprises Minister Soemarno:

   We want to speed up efforts to make Pertamina transparent - to make it into a world-class company - so today it was decided to dismiss all directors of Pertamina and appoint new directors.

4. Walter Landor:

   My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

5. Don Samuel:

   We will, however, promptly file a motion to dismiss them, because the members of the board are not alleged to have done anything wrong. Nothing. So, we believe the court will ultimately dismiss the case against them as well.

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