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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.
as
Preposition
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal.
As you know, we need more workers.
I baked the cake as my mother used to.
The room looks just as it did when I was a child.
The speech, as he remembered it, was very powerful.
Interesting as it seems, I don't think I'll get it.
He was as big as a mountain.
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A word that is used to show that two things happened at the same time.
Just as I went out, it started to rain.
We sleep as the world turns in darkness.
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A word that is used to show why something happens.
As I couldn't understand French, I didn't watch the film.
as
Adverb
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A word that is used to compare two things that are equal. (Used before adjectives)
You are younger than I am, but nearly as tall.
This is not as good as it was last time.