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{
"term": "dismiss",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "dismiss",
"heSheIt": "dismisses"
},
"pastSimple": "dismissed",
"pastParticiple": "dismissed",
"ingForm": "dismissing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to decide that somebody/something is not important and not worth thinking or talking about",
"sensetop": "dismiss somebody/somethingdismiss somebody/something as something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **dismiss a suggestion/a claim/an idea**",
"contextForm": "dismiss somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The criticisms were **summarily dismissed** by the government."
},
{
"text": "Rob is quick to dismiss the notion that his trip was horrific."
},
{
"text": "I think we can safely dismiss their objections."
},
{
"text": "He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.",
"contextForm": "dismiss somebody/something as something"
},
{
"text": "His supporters dismissed the allegations as politically motivated."
},
{
"text": "Vegans are no longer dismissed as cranks."
},
{
"text": "The suggestion should not be **dismissed out of hand** *(= without thinking about it)*."
},
{
"text": "Former members of the band have dismissed talk of a comeback."
},
{
"text": "It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions."
},
{
"text": "She contemptuously dismissed their complaints."
},
{
"text": "The minister has dismissed all the allegations against him."
},
{
"text": "His plan was dismissed outright by his friends."
},
{
"text": "It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an ignorant fool."
},
{
"text": "She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant."
},
{
"text": "Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria."
},
{
"text": "He dismissed her suggestion out of hand."
},
{
"text": "Many critics will casually dismiss these claims."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["quickly", "immediately", "out of hand"],
"verb + dismiss": ["be unable to", "cannot", "not be possible to"],
"preposition": ["as", "from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind",
"sensetop": "dismiss somethingdismiss somebody/something from something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.",
"contextForm": "dismiss something"
},
{
"text": "He dismissed her from his mind.",
"contextForm": "dismiss somebody/something from something"
},
{
"text": "She could not dismiss the possibility of his guilt."
},
{
"text": "It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts."
},
{
"text": "She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to officially remove somebody from their job",
"sensetop": "dismiss somebody (from something)",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She claims she was **unfairly dismissed** from her post."
},
{
"text": "The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed."
},
{
"text": "He was summarily dismissed from his job."
}
],
"synonyms": "fire, sack",
"topics": ["Social issues"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["fairly", "unfairly", "wrongfully"],
"preposition": ["from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to send somebody away or allow them to leave",
"sensetop": "dismiss somebody",
"examples": [
{
"text": "At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence",
"sensetop": "dismiss something",
"labels": "(law)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The judge **dismissed the case** for lack of evidence."
},
{
"text": "to **dismiss an appeal/application**"
},
{
"text": "The court **dismissed** all **the charges** against her."
},
{
"text": "Judges have to state their reasons for dismissing a case."
},
{
"text": "‘Case dismissed!’"
},
{
"text": "The case was dismissed."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to end the innings of a player or team",
"sensetop": "dismiss somebody",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪs/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismiss__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪsɪz/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismisses__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪst/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismissed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismissing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪs/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismiss__us_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪsɪz/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismisses__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪst/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismissed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪsˈmɪsɪŋ/",
"audio": "di/dismiss/dismissing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere."
}