- to remove or discharge from employment or service
- to send away or allow to go or disperse
- to dispel from one's mind; discard; reject
- to cease to consider (a subject)
- to decline further hearing to (a claim or action)
- to cause (a batter or side) to be out
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dis•miss /dɪsˈmɪs/USA pronunciation
v. [ ~ + obj]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to direct or allow to leave:The teacher dismissed the class early.
- to fire;
discharge from office or service:to dismiss an employee. - to put aside from consideration:At first the editor dismissed the story as a rumor.
dis•miss
(dis mis′),USA pronunciation v.t.
dis•miss′i•ble, adj.
- to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go:I dismissed the class early.
- to bid or allow (a person) to go;
give permission or a request to depart. - to discharge or remove, as from office or service:to dismiss an employee.
- to discard or reject:to dismiss a suitor.
- to put off or away, esp. from consideration;
put aside;
reject:She dismissed the story as mere rumor. - to have done with (a subject) after summary treatment:After a perfunctory discussion, he dismissed the idea.
- Lawto put out of court, as a complaint or appeal.
- Medieval Latin dismissus (for Latin dīmissus, past participle of dīmittere to send away), equivalent. to Latin dis- dis-1 + mitt(ere) to send + -tus past participle suffix
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 2. See release. 3. fire.
- 2. recall. 3. hire. 4. accept.
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dismiss /dɪsˈmɪs/ vb (transitive)
'dismissed' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bat
- bird
- demise
- dismissal
- dissolve
- drop-down menu
- ear
- flunk
- get out
- Hanratty
- Kerr
- Lang
- MacArthur
- P45
- air
- cause
- dismiss
- dump
- gate
- go
- mothball
- neck
- outplacement
- parachute
- question
- re-lease
- Rump Parliament
- that
- undismissed
- walk
- severance pay
- sour grapes
- summarily