# dismiss
## English
### Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- +‎ mittere (“to send”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪsˈmɪs/
* (UK) IPA: /dɪzˈmɪs/
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* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Hyphenation: dis‧miss
* Rhymes: -ɪs

### Verb

dismiss (third-person singular simple present dismisses, present participle dismissing, simple past and past participle dismissed)
* (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
    The company dismissed me after less than a year.
* (transitive) To order to leave.
    The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
* (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
    He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
* (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
    The court dismissed the case.
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:“He was here,” observed Drina composedly, “and father was angry with him.” ¶ “What?” exclaimed Eileen. “When?” ¶ “This morning, before father went downtown.” ¶ Both Selwyn and Lansing cut in coolly, dismissing the matter with a careless word or two; and coffee was served—cambric tea in Drina’s case.
** 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
* (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
    By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.
** 2022 January 12, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Unhappy start to 2022”, in RAIL, number 948, page 3:As for the IRP, Secretary of State Grant Shapps continues to peddle snake oil, smoke and mirrors. His reaction to near-universal IRP condemnation from politicians, local and national media, and all but a few rail specialists was to dismiss the lot of us (in the condescending and patronising tone we have now come to expect) as "critics and naysayers".
* (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
    She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.
* (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
    He was dismissed for 99 runs.
* (transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
** 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1-3 Blackburn”, in BBC:Kalinic later saw red for a rash tackle on Paul Scharner before Gabriel Tamas was dismissed for bringing down Diouf.

#### Synonyms

* (to end the employment or service of): see Thesaurus:lay off

#### Coordinate terms

* brush off
* send someone packing
* send someone to the showers

#### Derived terms

* dismissable
* dismissably
* dismissee
* dismisser
* dismissible
* redismiss

#### Related terms

* dismissal
* dismissive
* dismission

#### Translations
### References

* “dismiss”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.