verb [VN]
1 ~ sb/sth (as sth) to decide that sb/sth is not important and not worth thinking or talking about
SYNWAVEASIDE:
I think we can safely dismiss their objections. * Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. * He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless. * The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).
2 ~ sth (from sth) to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind:
Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher. * He dismissed her from his mind.
3 ~ sb (from sth) to officially remove sb from their job:
She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.
4 to send sb away or allow them to leave:
At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
5 (law) to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence:
The case was dismissed.
6 (in cricket) to end the INNINGS of a player or team
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for dismiss is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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