dismiss
Meaning of dismiss
verb
- order or allow to leave; send away.
she dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road
- treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
it would be easy to dismiss him as all brawn and no brain
late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere .
Information about dismiss
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of dismiss
dis-miss
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- dismiss is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
dismiss synonyms
Meaning disregard:
Meaning send packing:
Meaning fire:
Meaning dissolve:
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Meaning release from confinement or slavery:
Meaning (with reference to an organized group) break up or cause to break up:
Meaning distribute or spread over a wide area:
Meaning dismiss from the armed forces or police:
Meaning take (troops) out of active service, typically at the end of a war:
Meaning get rid of (something unwanted):
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning fail to remember:
Meaning refuse to agree to (a request):
Meaning refuse to give (something requested or desired) to (someone):
Meaning deny the truth or validity of:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
dismiss antonyms
Meaning bring together parts or combine to create (something):
Meaning (of people) gather together in one place for a common purpose:
Meaning provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment:
Translation of dismiss
- French: remercier, licencier, virer, renvoyer, débaucher, congédier, écarter
- Spanish: despedir, licenciar, destituir
- Portuguese: despedir
- German: feuern, entlassen
- Italian: licenziare
Words that rhyme with dismiss
Miss, miss, amiss, unamiss, submiss, Cheremiss, cheremiss, demipremiss, demiss, overremiss, premiss, remiss, dimiss, schoolmiss, fideicommiss, immiss, promiss, permiss, predismiss, redismiss, koumiss, kumiss
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