Dismiss word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "dismiss" word

[verb] bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances"
[verb] cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration; "This case is dismissed!"
[verb] end one's encounter with somebody by causing or permitting the person to leave
[verb] terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
[verb] stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

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\Dis*miss"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismissed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismissing}.] [L. dis- + missus, p. p. of mittere to send: cf. dimittere, OF. desmetre, F. d['e]mettre. See {Demise}, and cf. {Dimit}.] 1. To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away. He dismissed the assembly. --Acts xix. 41. Dismiss their cares when they dismiss their flock. --Cowper. Though he soon dismissed himself from state affairs. --Dryden. 2. To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant. 3. To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
\Dis*miss"\, n. Dismission. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.

Synonyms for dismiss

brush aside, brush off, can, discount, disregard, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, ignore, push aside, sack, send away, terminate, throw out, usher out

Antonyms: employ, engage, hire

Related terms: answer conclusively, break up, cast, cast loose, contemn, decline, demobilize, depose, discrown, dispose of, floor, give the go-by, grant amnesty to, lay aside, lay off, let it go, let loose, make little of, oust, part company, quash the charge, refuse to consider, reprobate, scout, set aside, smash all opposition, terminate, toss out, turn out, upset

The fun area, different aproach to word »dismiss«

Let's analyse "dismiss" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: SSIMSID. Average typing speed for these characters is 2020 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. .. ... -- .. ... ...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: dismiss: 9 + 9 = 18, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: dismiss: 4 + 9 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 1 = 29, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
S (3)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive

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