Dismissed Dismiss Dɪsˈmɪs Extra Examples Idea Summarily Case

• to dismiss a suggestion/a claim/an idea
• the criticisms were summarily dismissed by the government.
• rob is quick to dismiss the notion that his trip was horrific.
• i think we can safely dismiss their objections.

dismiss

Verb Forms

1. to decide that somebody/something is not important and not worth thinking or talking about
• SYNONYM wave something aside/away
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wave-aside
• to dismiss a suggestion/a claim/an idea
• The criticisms were summarily dismissed by the government.
• Rob is quick to dismiss the notion that his trip was horrific.
• I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
• He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.
• His supporters dismissed the allegations as politically motivated.
• Vegans are no longer dismissed as cranks.
• The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).

Extra Examples

• Former members of the band have dismissed talk of a comeback.
• It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions.
• She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.
• The minister has dismissed all the allegations against him.
• His plan was dismissed outright by his friends.
• It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an old fool.
• She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant.
• Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria.
• He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.
• Many critics will casually dismiss these claims.
2. to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind
• Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.
• He dismissed her from his mind.

Extra Examples

• She could not dismiss the possibility of his guilt.
• It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts.
• She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.
3. to officially remove somebody from their job
• SYNONYM fire
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fire_2
• She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.

Extra Examples

• The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.
• He was summarily dismissed from his job.
4. to send somebody away or allow them to leave
• At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
5. to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence
• The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.
• to dismiss an appeal/application
• The court dismissed all the charges against her.

Extra Examples

• Judges have to state their reasons for dismissing a case.
• ‘Case dismissed!’
• The case was dismissed.
6. to end the innings of a player or team

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere.