dismiss
English
/dɪsˈmɪs/, /dɪzˈmɪs/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
- (transitive) To order to leave.
- (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
- (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
- (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
- (transitive) To get a batsman out.
- (transitive) To give someone a red card; to send off.
Etymology
Affix from Latin mittere (send).
Origin
Latin
mittere
Gloss
send
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidismissal English
- dismissable English
- dismissably English
- dismissal English
- dismissee English
- dismisser English
- dismissest English
- dismisseth English
- dismissible English
- dismissive English
- dismissively English
- dismissiveness English
- undismissive English
- dimitto Latin
- missa Latin
- missaticum Latin
- mittere Latin
- mettere Italian
- *mey, *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mey-, *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European
- metre Old French
- meter Old Portuguese
- meti Friulian
- metre Old Occitan
- mèttiri Sicilian
- métar Venetian
- metar Dalmatian
- meter Ladin
- meti Istriot
- meter Aragonese
- mètar Romagnol