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dismiss
Verb
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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.
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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.
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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.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
case
Noun
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A case is a container to hold something.
He opened the case and pulled out his violin.
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A case is a matter for police or in court.
The judge did not accept his case.
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A case is the form of a noun showing how it is used in a sentence.
The word "he" is in the subject or nominative case.
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A case is a person of a certain kind.
That man is sure a hard case.
case
Verb
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If a police officer cases a house, he or she watches it until something happens.
We were casing a house all night in Brooklyn.