dismiss
1. bar from attention or consideration (Freq. 14)
- She dismissed his advances
• Syn:
disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore
• Derivationally related forms:
brush-off (for: brush off), disregard (for: disregard), dismissive
• Hypernyms:
reject
• Hyponyms:
slight, cold-shoulder, discredit, shrug off, pass off,
scoff, flout, turn a blind eye, laugh off, laugh away, disoblige
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. cease to consider;
put out of judicial consideration (Freq. 4)
- This case is dismissed!
• Syn:
throw out
• Derivationally related forms:
dismissal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. stop associating with (Freq. 1)
- They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock
• Syn:
send packing, send away, drop
• Hypernyms:
displace, fire, give notice, can, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Verb Group:
drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. terminate the employment of;
discharge from an office or position
- The boss fired his secretary today
- The company terminated 25% of its workers
• Syn:
displace, fire, give notice, can, give the axe,
send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate
• Ant:
hire (for: fire)
• Derivationally related forms:
sack (for: sack), sacking (for: sack), dismissible, dismission, dismissal, firing (for: fire)
• Hypernyms:
remove
• Hyponyms:
retire, pension off, clean out, furlough, lay off,
squeeze out, send packing, send away, drop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the sack)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: give the axe)
5. end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
- I was dismissed after I gave my report
• Syn:
usher out
• Derivationally related forms:
dismissal, dismissive
• Hypernyms:
say farewell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. declare void
- The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections
• Syn:
dissolve
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Group:
dissolve, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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