Tra từ dismiss - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dis·miss [dismiss dismisses dismissed dismissing] BrE [dɪsˈmɪs] NAmE [dɪsˈmɪs] verb
1. to decide that sb/sth is not important and not worth thinking or talking about
Syn: wave aside
•~ sb/sth I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
•~ sb/sth as sth Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.
•He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.
•The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand (= without thinking about it).
2. to put thoughts or feelings out of your mind
•~ sth Dismissing her fears, she climbed higher.
•~ sb/sth from sth He dismissed her from his mind.
3. ~ sb (from sth) to officially remove sb from their job
Syn: ↑fire, Syn: ↑sack
• She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her post.
4. ~ sb to send sb away or allow them to leave
• At 12 o'clock the class was dismissed.
5. ~ sth (law)to say that a trial or legal case should not continue, usually because there is not enough evidence
•The case was dismissed.
6. ~ sb (in ↑cricket)to end the ↑innings of a player or team
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin dismiss-, variant of Latin dimiss- ‘sent away’, from the verb dimittere.

Thesaurus:
dismiss verb
1. T
•I think we can safely dismiss their objections.
brush sb/sth aside • • shrug sth off/aside • • set sth aside • |informal laugh sth off • |formal discount • |written banish •
dismiss/brush sth aside/shrug sth off/set sth aside/discount sth as irrelevant, unimportant, etc.
dismiss/brush aside/shrug off/laugh off/discount a suggestion
dismiss/brush aside/laugh off/discount/banish a fear
2. T, usually passive
•She was unfairly dismissed from her job.
fire • • lay sb off • • let sb go • |BrE make sb redundant • |especially BrE, informal sack • • give sb the sack • |formal discharge • |BrE, journalism axe • |AmE ax •
Opp: appoint
dismiss sb/fire sb/lay sb off/make sb redundant/sack sb/give sb the sack/discharge sb from a job
dismiss/fire/lay off/axe staff/workers/employees
make staff/workers/employees redundant
let staff employees go

Example Bank:
•Former members of the band have dismissed talk of a comeback.
•He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.
•He was summarily dismissed from his job.
•His plan was dismissed outright by his friends.
•It is easy to dismiss him as nothing more than an old fool.
•It is no longer possible to dismiss the link between climate change and carbon emissions.
•It was not easy to dismiss the matter from his thoughts.
•She contemptuously dismissed their complaints.
•She could not dismiss the possibility of his guilt.
•She dismissed their arguments as irrelevant.
•She tried to dismiss the idea from her mind.
•Such reports are routinely dismissed as hysteria.
•The court ruled that Ms Hill had been unfairly dismissed.
•The minister has dismissed all the allegations against him.
•‘Case dismissed!’
•Judges have to state their reasons for dismissing a case.
•She claims she was unfairly dismissed from her position.
•The suggestion should not be dismissed out of hand.