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1400-1500 Language: Latin Origin: dimissus, past participle of
dimittere 'to send away'   dis‧miss W3 [transitive] 1 to refuse
to consider someone's idea, opinion etc, because you think it is
not serious, true, or important: The government has dismissed
criticisms that the country's health policy is a mess. dismiss
something as something He just laughed and dismissed my proposal
as unrealistic. It's an idea that shouldn't be dismissed out of
hand (=dismissed immediately and completely). 2BE to remove
someone from their job [= fire, sack] dismiss somebody for
something Employees can be dismissed for sending obscene emails.
3 formal to tell someone that they are allowed to go, or are no
longer needed: The class was dismissed early today. 4SCL if a
judge dismisses a court case, he or she stops it from
continuing: The case was dismissed owing to lack of evidence.
5DSC to end the innings of a player or team in the game of
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