dismiss
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dismiss/dɪsˈmɪs/
▶verb
- 1 order or allow to leave; send away.
- 2 remove from employment or office.
- 3 treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
- 4 Law refuse further hearing to (a case).
- 5 Cricket end the innings of (a batsman or side).
– derivatives
dismissal noun,
dismissible adjective.
dismissal noun,
dismissible adjective.
– origin ME: from med. L. dismiss-, var. of L. dimiss-, dimittere ‘send away’.
'dismiss' also found in these Oxford entries:
axe
- banish
- belittle
- boot
- bounce
- bowl
- brush
- can
- card
- cashier
- catch
- demise
- discharge
- drum
- elbow
- fire
- hook
- kick
- kiss
- laugh
- let
- Mass
- out
- pack
- pass
- pay
- pension
- pipe
- pooh-pooh
- push
- reject
- remove
- run
- sack
- separate
- show
- shrug
- slam dunk
- strike
- stump
- tell
- throw
- wave
- wipe
- write
