dismissed

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of dismiss. Use this form for something that already happened.

   The judge dismissed the case after the lunch break.

   She dismissed the idea without a second thought.

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2. 2
   adjective

   No longer having a job because an employer ended it.

   Like a player who is taken off the team and told to go home.

   The dismissed clerk cleaned out her locker in silence.

   Newly dismissed, he began looking for other work the same day.

   Similarfired, sacked, terminated

3. 3
   adjective

   Treated as not important and not taken seriously.

   Like a note someone throws away without ever reading it.

   Her dismissed suggestion turned out to be the right one.

   She felt dismissed when no one listened to her plan.

   Similardisregarded, discounted, overlooked

   Oppositeaccepted, acknowledged

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4. 4
   interjection

   Said by a person in charge to tell others they can now leave.

   Like a teacher saying "You can go now" at the end of class.

   The officer barked, "Dismissed!" and the recruits filed out.

   "Dismissed," said the principal, and the students left the room.

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