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- pronunciation:
- dihs
mIs
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
dismisses, dismissing, dismissed |
| definition 1: |
to send away or allow to go away.
解散
You must stay in your seats until the teacher dismisses class.你必须坐在椅子上直到老师下课。- synonyms:
- release
- antonyms:
- assemble
- similar words:
- banish, discharge, dispel, disperse, dissolve, excuse, expel, free, oust, reject
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| definition 2: |
to remove from a job; fire.
解雇
The company dismissed twenty workers.公司解雇了二十个工人。- synonyms:
- discharge, fire
- antonyms:
- employ, engage, hire
- similar words:
- can, remove, sack
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| definition 3: |
to reject as not worth considering.
（从脑中）去除, 不再考虑
I wish she would not always dismiss my worries.He dismissed the idea that fish could walk.我希望她不会总不考虑我的忧虑。他从脑中去除了鱼可以走路的想法。- antonyms:
- entertain
- similar words:
- discard, disregard
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| related words: |
acquit, degrade, discount, evacuate, overrule, revoke, snub, suspend, turn |
The word dismiss
contains the following part:
mit, mis1, mitt, miss, -mise
Latin
root
that means send, let go
  Example words:
admission, admit, admittance, commission, commissioner, commit, committee, compromise, dismiss, emission, emit, missile, mission, missionary, omit, permission, permit, premise, promise, promising, remission, submit, transmission, transmit, transmitter
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