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How to pronounce “dismiss”
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Pronunciation guide for dismiss
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of dismiss with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t 16 minutes
By our standards, some would dismiss these people as primitive.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To discharge; to end the employment or service of.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce dismiss
Mark Plotkin: What the people of the Amazon know that you don’t 16 minutes

By our standards, some would dismiss these people as primitive.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “dismiss”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (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 invalidate; to treat as unworthy of serious consideration.
- (transitive) To send or put away, to discard with disregard, contempt or disdain. (sometimes followed by as).
- (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
- (transitive, sports, soccer) To give someone a red card; to send off.
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