At the end of a lesson period, your teacher says, "class dismissed." This means that you and the rest of the students are free to go.
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
Verb
declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
Verb
bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
Verb
cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"
Verb
end one''s encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave; "I was dismissed after I gave my report"
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terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
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stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
v. t.
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or
permit to go; to put away.
v. t.
To discard; to remove or discharge from office,
service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the
matter dismisses his servant.
v. t.
To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or
regard, as a petition or motion in court.
n.
Dismission.
Dismiss
He dismissed the assembly.
Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock.
Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs.2.
Dismiss
To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
Dismission.
Usage Examples
I wanted to escape Small Town U.S.A. To dismiss the boundaries, to explore. My life experience came from watching movies, TV, and reading books and magazines. When your culture comes from watching TV everyday, you're bombarded with images of things that seem cool, places that seem interesting, people who have jobs and careers and opportunities.
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
I don't dismiss the music that I was involved with, I don't think it was a joke, I don't think it was funny or a phase, I don't think it was just something I was doing back then, to me it was who I am. It connects all the way through. I don't distance myself from any of it.
As children, as we learn what things are, we are slowly learning to dismiss them visually. As adults, entirely submerged in words and concepts, we spend almost all of our time thinking and worrying about the past and the future, hardly ever looking at or engaging with the world visually.
I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.
Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.
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Other Usage ExamplesToday mythical thinking has fallen into disrepute we often dismiss it as irrational and self-indulgent. But the imagination is also the faculty that has enabled scientists to bring new knowledge to light and to invent technology that has made us immeasurably more effective.
Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look.
Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name.
People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.
Let's not dismiss or attack individual ideas as being inadequate before we have had a chance to assess their positive effect as part of a whole solution.
There's always someone asking you to underline one piece of yourself - whether it's Black, woman, mother, dyke, teacher, etc. - because that's the piece that they need to key in to. They want to dismiss everything else.
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