{
    "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."
}