dismiss
verb/dɪsˈmɪs/
/dɪsˈmɪs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they dismiss | /dɪsˈmɪs/ /dɪsˈmɪs/ |
| he / she / it dismisses | /dɪsˈmɪsɪz/ /dɪsˈmɪsɪz/ |
| past simple dismissed | /dɪsˈmɪst/ /dɪsˈmɪst/ |
| past participle dismissed | /dɪsˈmɪst/ /dɪsˈmɪst/ |
| -ing form dismissing | /dɪsˈmɪsɪŋ/ /dɪsˈmɪsɪŋ/ |
- to decide that somebody/something is not important and not worth thinking or talking about synonym wave something aside/away
- dismiss somebody/something to dismiss a suggestion/a claim/an idea
- The criticisms were summarily dismissed by the government.
- Rob is quick to dismiss the notion that his trip was horrific.
- I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
- dismiss somebody/something as something He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.
- His supporters dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.
- Vegans are no longer dismissed as cranks.
- The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).
Extra Examples- Former members of the band have dismissed talk of a comeback.
- It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions.
- She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.
- The minister has dismissed all the allegations against him.
- His plan was dismissed outright by his friends.
- It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an ignorant fool.
- She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant.
- Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria.
- He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.
- Many critics will casually dismiss these claims.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- immediately
- out of hand
- …
- be unable to
- cannot
- not be possible to
- …
- as
- from
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- to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind
- dismiss something Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.
- dismiss somebody/something from something He dismissed her from his mind.
Extra Examples- She could not dismiss the possibility of his guilt.
- It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts.
- She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.
- dismiss somebody (from something) to officially remove somebody from their job synonym fire, sack
- She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb2- The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.
- He was summarily dismissed from his job.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fairly
- unfairly
- wrongfully
- …
- from
- dismiss somebody to send somebody away or allow them to leave
- At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
- dismiss something (law) to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence
- The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
- to dismiss an appeal/application
- The court dismissed all the charges against her.
Extra Examples- Judges have to state their reasons for dismissing a case.
- ‘Case dismissed!’
- The case was dismissed.
- dismiss somebody (in cricket) to end the innings of a player or teamTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere.
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