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dismiss English

Meaning dismiss meaning

What does dismiss mean?
Definitions in simple English

dismiss Verb

— When you dismiss someone from a company, you fire and end the employment of the person, causing the person to become unemployed. He was found to be giving the secrets of the company to other companies and was immediately dismissed. The company became bankrupt overnight and all its employees were dismissed. — When you dismiss someone, you order the person to leave. The parade commander stepped forward to ask the President for permission to dismiss the parade. — To dismiss something is to refuse or reject it. The court dismissed his appeal for a second trial. My proposal was dismissed by the panel of judges. We dismissed the idea of going overseas due to the financial crisis.

dismiss

— verb bar from attention or consideration She dismissed his advances — verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration This case is dismissed! — verb (= drop) stop associating with They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock — verb end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave I was dismissed after I gave my report — verb (= dissolve) declare void The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections — verb (= fire, terminate) terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position The boss fired his secretary today The company terminated 25% of its workers

Synonyms dismiss synonyms

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dismiss English » English

fire discharge sack expel reject remove send away lay off refuse dissolve discard decline terminate drive away cashier withhold turn away spurn release drive out disperse disband disavow throw out shun send back resend repulse relay oust ignore drop disallow turn down send packing repel refute exempt disregard depose brush off adjourn send out scatter repress kick out give the sack force out eject dismissal

Topics dismiss topics

What do people use dismiss to talk about?
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
Language and thought Want Offer

Reject
Work and occupation Work Method Work poorly

Give up
Work and occupation Business organization

Work for someone
Physical actions Move

Send someone
Physical actions Move something Take somewhere

Chase away

Conjugation dismiss conjugation

How do you conjugate dismiss?

dismiss · verb

Examples dismiss examples

How do I use dismiss in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Companies may have to dismiss some employees.
First of all, we must dismiss the cook.
I have to dismiss Ken.
First of all, we must dismiss him.
Don't dismiss any possibility.

Movie subtitles

Why do you dismiss these visitors?
Dismiss all the people in the hall.
And, Jacques, dismiss the car.
Don't dismiss the car.
I will dismiss, discharge and disqualify any employee who gets familiar with the guests.
I found it necessary myself to dismiss him from public office.
You'll dismiss when I have done with you, sir.
And now you may dismiss, sir!
Thank you. Now you may dismiss.
Do you, as an intelligent scientist, dare to dismiss as superstition the principles underlying Tibetan magic, voodooism, thought transference?
I'd like to dismiss the charges against the Kirbys of disturbing the peace but they were present at the arrest and if these people were guilty then I must naturally assume that the Kirbys were guilty also.
Mr. O'Hara, you must dismiss Jonas Wilkerson.
Dismiss him, Mrs. O'Hara?
This court will be forced to dismiss Jim Osborne.
Dismiss all the people in the hall. Say the bag's been found.
And, Jacques, dismiss the car. Madame is not going.
Don't dismiss the car. I'll be down in a few minutes.
Dismiss the guards.
Dismiss the parade.
Dismiss the men. They need a good rest.
Shall I dismiss the men, sir?
Dismiss.
Mr. Mayor, before you dismiss them. come on now, boys, no hard feelings.
Dismiss the troops.
Mr. Burke, dismiss all these men and attend to their needs.
You'll occupy your old room until I dismiss the nurse.
Eddie, I'm going to dismiss your case.
Then I'll ask it for another reason, as a favor, as though you asked me to dismiss Simpson.
I have no alternative but to dismiss Dr. Weeks.
I have no choice but to dismiss you.
I can't dismiss Schumacher and leave you here with his wife.
So she wanted to dismiss you?
We'll be glad to dismiss the whole matter if you will do this for us.
Dismiss those people, those Miss Bartellis, from your mind.
Can we dismiss her now?
Dismiss these people.

News and current affairs

Most pundits dismiss the possibility of a double-dip recession.
These officers dismiss and mistrust the requirements of universal justice, as embodied in the Nuremberg rulings.
It would be a mistake to dismiss anxiety about immigration as mere bigotry or apprehension about the globalized economy as simply reactionary.
They reacted against a rather smug liberal establishment that tended to dismiss all critical thought about immigration or non-Western faiths and traditions as racism and bigotry.
Should we dismiss it as sentimental nonsense?
But it would be wrong simply to dismiss British doubts about the European drive toward greater unity.
But it is a mistake to dismiss America's declining attractiveness so lightly.
It is easy to dismiss the suggestion that technology can save the day.
Most of these fatwas have a violent streak that the Saudi establishment is quick to dismiss as belonging to the Middle Ages.
And while one shouldn't overstate the risks of sustained ultra-low rates to financial stability, it is also wrong to dismiss them entirely.
France has strict hiring and firing regulations that make it costly to dismiss workers and thus reduce job creation.
As a result, some people nowadays dismiss the Prague Spring as a power struggle between communists.
Rural farmers found themselves empowered to organize themselves, criticize some authorities and even dismiss their village chief.
In 2012, the government implemented sweeping labor-market reforms to increase companies' internal flexibility (making it easier to dismiss permanent workers and facilitating wage moderation), and introduced a model for reducing workers' hours.
So we shouldn't be too quick to dismiss the suggestion that science might help - in the first instance, by helping us design more effective institutions, more inspiring moral education, or more persuasive ethical arguments.
But it would be a mistake simply to dismiss their appeal with no effort to comprehend its source.
And, given how many ascendant tyrants have systematically disarmed the population they seek to control, it is difficult to dismiss this argument entirely.
Following the disturbances in Tibet and the troubles affecting the Olympic torch's progress around the world, some voices abroad are showing a greater inclination to dismiss, vilify, humiliate, or even split China.
At first sight, the reasons to dismiss this scenario seem overwhelming.
But to dismiss them would be unwise, because their utopian aspirations are based on genuine and legitimate anxieties.
Reflecting their faith in markets, most economists dismiss the idea that speculation is responsible for the price rise.
For example, while endlessly worrying about the existence of dangerous material online, we could do more to educate our youth in the critical thinking skills needed to dismiss such content.
But there is also a tendency, not only in China, to dismiss such calls for democracy as irrelevant, even misguided.
Defenders of the megabanks - Citi, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley - dismiss Warren as an avatar of left-wing populism.
At the same time, we in Europe cannot afford to dismiss Africa's troubles as if they had no impact on our own societies.

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