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dismiss

/dɪsˈmɪs/ verbe B2

En français : renvoyer, limoger, licencier, démettre

  1. To discharge; to end the employment or service of. (transitive) · The company dismissed me after less than a year.
  2. To order to leave. (transitive) · The soldiers were dismissed after the parade.
  3. To dispel; to rid one’s mind of. (transitive) · He dismissed all thoughts of acting again.
  4. To reject; to refuse to accept. (transitive) · The court dismissed the case.· She dismissed the idea as ridiculous.
  5. To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration. (transitive) · By telling the victim to "get over it", the listener dismissed the victim's feelings.
  6. To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as). (transitive) · She dismissed him with a wave of the hand.
  7. To get a batsman out. (transitive) · He was dismissed for 99 runs.
  8. To give someone a red card; to send off. (transitive)

He/she/it dismisses · Prétérit dismissed · Participe passé dismissed · Forme en -ing dismissing

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Formes du verbe

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Prétérit
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Participe passé
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Forme en -ing
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Dans la bibliothèque

The young man, having dismissed the boy and horse, knocked at the door of the hotel, which was opened, and again closed after his entrance.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 983 · C1
Their manner of living, even when the restoration of peace dismissed them to a home, was unsettled in the extreme.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 369 · B2
If you would only dismiss them from your heels, there might soon be treaties of peace and reconciliation between us.” The Sheep, poor silly creatures, were easily beguiled and dismissed the Dogs, whereupon the Wolves destroyed the unguarded flock at their own pleasure.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 22 · B2
Holmes dismissed the subject with a wave.
The Valley of Fear, p. 35 · C1

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