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- pronunciation:
- dihs
mIs
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
dismisses, dismissing, dismissed |
| definition 1: |
to send away or allow to go away.
The judge dismissed the witness.The instructor dismissed the class early.- synonyms:
- release
- antonyms:
- assemble
- similar words:
- banish, discharge, dispel, disperse, dissolve, excuse, expel, free, oust, reject
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| definition 2: |
to fire or discharge from a job.
He'd been involved in the scandal and was subsequently dismissed from his government post.- synonyms:
- discharge, fire, lay off
- antonyms:
- employ, engage, hire
- similar words:
- can, cashier, remove, retire, sack, terminate
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| definition 3: |
to reject as a matter of consideration.
The school board quickly dismissed the idea of having Saturday classes.The police dismissed his testimony as it was obvious that he was lying.- synonyms:
- reject, write off
- antonyms:
- entertain
- similar words:
- disbelieve, discard, disregard
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| definition 4: |
in law, to cancel (a charge or a case), as for lack of evidence.
The case was dismissed as there was not enough evidence that a crime had been committed.He was arrested but, luckily for him, the charges were dismissed. |
| related words: |
acquit, amnesty, blackball, chuck, degrade, discount, displace, drop, eject, evacuate, overrule, revoke, snub, suspend, turn, waive |
adverb + (v.)dismiss
angrily, automatically, casually, contemptuously, easily, immediately, initially, instantly, largely, lightly, promptly, quickly, readily, routinely, simply, summarily, unfairly
(v.)dismiss
+ adverb
altogether, entirely, merely, outright
(v.)dismiss
+ noun
accusation,
allegation,
argument,
assertion,
charge,
claim,
complaint,
concern,
conspiracy,
contempt,
contention,
criticism,
employee,
idea,
impeachment,
incident,
indictment,
jury,
lawsuit,
misconduct,
nonsense,
notion,
objection,
petition,
plaintiff,
plea,
possibility,
prejudice,
relevance,
remark,
request,
rhetoric,
rumor,
servant,
shrug,
speculation,
suggestion,
suit,
summary,
warning,
worry
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The word dismiss
contains the following part:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admissible, admission, admit, admittance, admittedly, commissar, commissariat, commissary, commission, commissioner, commit, commitment, committed, committee, compromise, demise, dismiss, dismissal, emissary, emission, emit, impermissible, intermit, intromit, irremissible, manumit, missal, missile, missilery, mission, missionary, missive, omit, permissible, permission, permissive, permit, premise, pretermit, promise, promisee, promising, promisor, promissory note, recommit, remiss, remissible, remission, remit, remittal, remittance, remittent, submission, submissive, submit, surmise, transmissible, transmission, transmit, transmitter, uncommitted, uncompromising, unremitting
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