dismiss

Pronunciation: /dɪsˈmɪs/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb bar from attention or consideration
  2. verb cease to consider; put out of judicial consideration
  3. verb stop associating with

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
reject
Narrower (hyponyms)
laugh off, discredit, pass off, scoff, shrug off, turn a blind eye

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