Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To end the employment or service of; discharge.
- transitive verb To direct or allow to leave.
- transitive verb To stop considering; rid one's mind of; dispel.
- transitive verb To refuse to accept or recognize; reject.
- transitive verb Law To adjudicate (a cause of action) as insufficient to proceed further in court because of some deficiency in law or fact.
- transitive verb To eject (a player or coach) for the remainder of a game.
- transitive verb To put out (a batter) in cricket.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Discharge; dismissal.
- To send away; order or give permission to depart.
- To discard; remove from office, service, or employment.
- To put aside; put away; put out of mind: as, to
dismiss the subject. - In law, to reject; put out of court: as, the complaint was dismissed for lack of proof; the appeal was dismissed for irregularity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Dismission.
- transitive verb To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
- transitive verb To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment
- transitive verb To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
discharge ; to end theemployment orservice of. - verb To
order toleave . - verb To
dispel ; torid one's mind of. - verb To
reject ; torefuse toaccept - verb cricket To get a
batsman out. - verb soccer To give someone a
red card ; tosend off
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bar from attention or consideration
- verb end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
- verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
- verb stop associating with
- verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
- verb declare void
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A government motion to dismiss is still pending before the federal judge in Florida, but he has indicated that he, too, plans to deny it.
New health-care law constitutional, federal judge rules N.C. Aizenman 2010
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A government motion to dismiss is still pending before the federal judge in Florida, but he has indicated that he, too, plans to deny it.
New health-care law constitutional, federal judge rules N.C. Aizenman 2010
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With my old windows mobile phone, on quite a number of times i managed to tap the options button, and select dismiss from the list without opening my eyes.
How Long Do You Ignore Your Alarm Clock? | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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What I find interesting about this filing in support of the motion to dismiss is that the allegations of "torture" would be completely irrelevant to such a motion.
Balkinization 2006
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