(v. t.) To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.
(v. t.) To discard; to remove or discharge from office, service, or employment; as, the king dismisses his ministers; the matter dismisses his servant.
(v. t.) To lay aside or reject as unworthy of attentions or regard, as a petition or motion in court.
(n.) Dismission.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this book, he dismisses Freud's idea of penis envy - "Freud got it spectacularly wrong" - and said "women don't envy the penis.
(2) Earlier this month, Khamenei insisted that all sanctions be lifted immediately on a deal being reached, a condition that the US State Department dismissed.
(3) Whenever you are ill and a medicine is prescribed for you and you take the medicine until balance is achieved in you and then you put that medicine down.” Farrakhan does not dismiss the doctrine of the past, but believes it is no longer appropriate for the present.
(4) But employers who have followed a fair procedure may have the right to discipline or finally dismiss any smoker who refuses to accept the new rules.
(5) Similarly, while those in the City continue to adopt a Millwall FC-style attitude of "no one likes us, we don't care", there is no incentive for them to heed the advice and demands of the public, who those in the Square Mile prefer to dismiss as intemperate ignoramuses.
(6) They also dismiss those who suggest that the current record-low interest rates mean countries could safely stimulate growth by raising their borrowing levels higher: Economists simply have little idea how long it will be until rates begin to rise.
(7) The venture capitalist argued in his report, commissioned by the Downing Street policy guru Steve Hilton, in favour of "compensated no fault-dismissal" for small businesses.
(8) They have not remotely done this so far, largely from fear of domestic political consequences that cannot be simply dismissed.
(9) The prime minister sent back a letter dismissing his allegations.
(10) Francis dismissed the suggestion that changing the fine defaulting policy would significantly reduce the prisoner population, saying defaulters made up less than 0.4% of the total prison population, both male and female.
(11) But the rest of Israeli society has its own reasons to dismiss Bibi.
(12) His employer, Billund city council, has denied that obesity was among the reasons for Kaltoft’s dismissal.
(13) Activists, who claim they are the enemies of patriarchy, dismiss allegations of sexual abuse as a CIA conspiracy.
(14) Jeremain Lens, signed from Dynamo Kyiv, was fortunate to escape dismissal for a second yellow card, while Yann M’Vila, on loan from Rubin Kazan, followed his headbutt in the reserves by raising arms to Graham Dorrans during an unpunished, but unwise, bout of push ’n’ shove.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest May dismisses reports of frosty dinner with EU chief as ‘Brussels gossip’ The EU delegation are said to have wondered whether Davis might still be in his post following the general election.
(16) The difficulty has been increased with the recent Supreme Court decision which it ruled the Alien Tort Claims Act does not apply outside of the country and dismissed a case against Royal Dutch Shell.
(17) The dismissals were prompted by their participation in a racist orgy during what was supposed to be a goodwill trip to the homeland of the club’s billionaire owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
(18) Another senior member of Abdullah's team dismissed the audit as a sham.
(19) We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied … The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters.
(20) When physicians dismiss illness because ascertainable "disease" is absent, they fail to meet their socially assigned responsibility.
Retire
Definition:
(v. t.) To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively.
(v. t.) To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note.
(v. t.) To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer.
(v. i.) To go back or return; to draw back or away; to keep aloof; to withdraw or retreat, as from observation; to go into privacy; as, to retire to his home; to retire from the world, or from notice.
(v. i.) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle.
(v. i.) To withdraw from a public station, or from business; as, having made a large fortune, he retired.
(v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.
(v. i.) To go to bed; as, he usually retires early.
(n.) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired; also, a place to which one retires.
(n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
Example Sentences:
(1) Peter retired in 1998, when he was appointed CBE for his services to drama.
(2) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
(3) The authors studied 84 randomly selected participants who live in retirement communities to discover factors leading to successful completion of a wellness enhancing program.
(4) The results indicate that the legislated increase in the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits beginning in the 21st century will have relatively small effects on the ages of retirement and benefit acceptance.
(5) ... and the #housingstrategy on Twitter: Robin Macfarlane, a retired businessman: @MacfarlaneRobin House building should have been on the agenda from day one.
(6) He continued: "I don't think there could be a better move for me: to retire from one of the world's best football clubs at the end of the season and then join one of the world's best broadcasters.
(7) Emily Stow London • Until I retired a year ago I was a consultant anaesthetist with a special interest in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia.
(8) Nearly half do not plan to retire from medical work.
(9) The statutory age of retirement for clergy is 70, although vicars’ terms can be extended by his or her bishop.
(10) The exercise comes at a sensitive time for Poland’s military, following the sacking or forced retirement of a quarter of the country’s generals since the nationalist Law and Justice government came to power in October last year.
(11) I'm just saying, in your … Instagrams, you don't have to have yourself with, walking with black people.” The male voice singles out Magic Johnson, the retired basketball star and investor: "Don't put him on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me.
(12) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
(13) Paddy Crerand was interviewed on Irish radio station Newstalk this morning and was in complete denial that Ferguson was about to retire.
(14) I am one of those retired civil servants who has not received my pension.
(15) The analysis of four surveys on elder people shows that health, income, social integration, knowledge about aging, plans for retirement, good ecological conditions, life satisfaction, and a low age seem to be general resources.
(16) The study population included 59 active workers (81 percent participation in this group) and 29 workers who were retired or inactive due to illness (69% participation).
(17) The four members of the committee are all masters of wine, and the chairman is a retired diplomat, Sir David Wright.
(18) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(19) downward occupational and downward social drift, premature retirement and achievement of the expected social development.
(20) Crocker had retired from the government in April 2009, becoming dean of the Bush school of government and public service at Texas A&M University.