# dismiss

Pronunciation: US/AUS say "dis-MIS" /dɪsˈmɪs/; UK say "diz-MIS" /dɪzˈmɪs/

## Verb

1. To treat a claim or idea as unworthy of serious consideration, refusing to grant it any validity.
   - Simple: To decide that something is not important or not worth thinking about.
   - _Critics dismiss the theory as pure speculation._
   - _She dismissed his concerns without a second thought._
2. To end the employment or service of a worker; to discharge them.
   - Simple: To make someone leave their job.
   - _The board voted to dismiss the manager after the scandal._
   - _Her supervisor dismissed her without warning._
3. To drive a thought or feeling out of one's mind; to dispel it.
   - Simple: To push a thought or feeling out of your mind.
   - _She dismissed any lingering doubt and signed the contract._
   - _I dismiss anxious thoughts whenever they creep in._
4. To reject a request, claim, or proposal; to refuse to accept it.
   - Simple: To refuse to accept something.
   - _The committee dismissed the proposal at its first reading._
   - _Judges may dismiss a lawsuit that lacks legal merit._
5. To send or put away, discarding with disregard, contempt, or disdain.
   - Simple: To send someone or something away without caring, often rudely.
   - _He dismissed the rumor as beneath his notice._
   - _Powerful figures often dismiss critics as troublemakers._
6. To order a person or group to leave.
   - Simple: To tell a group of people that they can or must go.
   - _The judge dismissed the jury for the day._
   - _Sergeants dismiss their squads once roll call ends._
7. In cricket, to get a batsman out, ending their innings at the crease.
   - Simple: In cricket, to get a batter out and end their turn at bat.
   - _The spinner dismissed three batsmen in a single over._
   - _Fast bowlers can dismiss even the best batters with a well-placed delivery._
8. In soccer, to send a player off the field for the rest of the match by showing a red card.
   - Simple: In soccer, to send a player off the field with a red card.
   - _The referee dismissed two players in the final ten minutes._
   - _Referees will dismiss a player guilty of violent conduct._

## Origin

Recorded in Middle English, from Latin dimissus ("sent away, dismissed, banished"), the perfect passive participle of dīmittō ("send away, dismiss"), formed from dis- plus mittere ("to send").

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