Usually means: Cease consideration or reject something.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word dismiss:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. dismiss: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dismiss: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dismiss: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dismiss: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dismiss: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dismiss, dismiss: Wordnik
  7. dismiss: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dismiss: Wiktionary
  9. dismiss: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dismiss: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dismiss: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dismiss: Dictionary.com
  13. dismiss: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dismiss: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dismiss: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dismiss: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dismiss: Rhymezone
  18. dismiss: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. dismiss: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. dismiss: Free Dictionary
  21. dismiss: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dismiss: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. dismiss: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. dismiss: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. dismiss: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dismiss: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dismiss: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dismiss: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dismiss: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
verb:  (transitive) To order to leave.
verb:  (transitive) To dispel; to rid one’s mind of.
verb:  (transitive) To reject; to refuse to accept.
verb:  (transitive) To invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
verb:  (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
verb:  (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
verb:  (transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.

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