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dismisses definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dismiss 2 of 5 senses of dismiss Sense 1 dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore => slight, cold-shoulder => discredit => pass off => scoff, flout => turn a blind eye => laugh off laugh away => disoblige Sense 4 fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate => retire => pension off => clean out => furlough, lay off => squeeze out => dismiss, send packing, send away drop Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dismiss 2 of 5 senses of dismiss Sense 1 dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore => slight, cold-shoulder => discredit => pass off => scoff, flout => turn a blind eye => laugh off laugh away => disoblige Sense 4 fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate => retire => superannuate => pension off => clean out => furlough, lay off => squeeze out => dismiss, send packing, send away drop Entailment of verb dismiss Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb dismiss 5 senses of dismiss Sense 1 dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore => reject Sense 2 dismiss, throw out Sense 3 dismiss, send packing, send away drop => fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate Sense 4 fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate => remove Sense 5 dismiss, usher out => say farewell Familiarity of verb dismiss dismiss used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 5) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dismiss Sense 1 dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore => reject -------------- Sense 2 dismiss, throw out -------------- Sense 3 dismiss, send packing, send away drop => fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate -------------- Sense 4 fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate => remove -------------- Sense 5 dismiss, usher out => say farewell -------------- Overview of verb dismiss The verb dismiss has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (14) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances") 2. (4) dismiss, throw out -- (cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration: "This case is dismissed!") 3. (1) dismiss, send packing, send away drop -- (stop associating with "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock") 4. fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate -- (terminate the employment of "The boss fired his secretary today") 5. dismiss, usher out -- (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave) Overview of verb dismiss The verb dismiss has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (14) dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances") 2. (4) dismiss, throw out -- (cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration: "This case is dismissed!") 3. (1) dismiss, send packing, send away drop -- (stop associating with "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock") 4. fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away sack, force out terminate -- (terminate the employment of "The boss fired his secretary today") 5. dismiss, usher out -- (end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave)
dismisses definition
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