discharge

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #7808

Meanings

1

verb
To officially allow or order someone to leave, especially a hospital, the army, or a job.

The doctor discharged her from the hospital after three days.
2

verb
To send out or release a substance, such as liquid or gas.

The factory was fined for discharging waste into the river.
3

verb
To do or carry out a duty or task.

He always discharged his responsibilities with great care.
4

noun
A substance that flows or is released out of something or the body.

The wound produced a yellow discharge.

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Synonyms

3 verb · to do or carry out a duty... dispatch

4 noun · a substance that flows or... emission

Word family

Forms dischargeddischargesdischarging

Derived forms afterdischargedischargeabledischargeedischargementdischargerinterdischargemicrodischargenondischargingpostdischargepredischargeredischargeundischarged

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corona discharge
an electrical discharge that ionizes the air around a charged object

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

dischargen Middle English deschargier Old French discarrico la-lat

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# discharge

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 7808

## Meanings
1. To officially allow or order someone to leave, especially a hospital, the army, or a job.
2. To send out or release a substance, such as liquid or gas.
3. To do or carry out a duty or task.
4. A substance that flows or is released out of something or the body.

## Examples
- The doctor discharged her from the hospital after three days.
- The factory was fined for discharging waste into the river.
- He always discharged his responsibilities with great care.
- The wound produced a yellow discharge.

## Derived Forms
- afterdischarge
- dischargeable
- dischargee
- dischargement
- discharger
- interdischarge
- microdischarge
- nondischarging
- postdischarge
- predischarge
- redischarge
- undischarged

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dischargen
- Root: deschargier
- Root: discarrico

## Etymology
From Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge.

## AI Etymology
discharge comes from Middle English dischargen, from Old French deschargier (“to unload”), from Late Latin discarricāre (“unload”). By surface analysis, dis- + charge. The historical chain includes Middle English dischargen, Old French deschargier, la-lat discarrico. Current senses include to officially allow or order someone to leave, especially a hospital, the army, or a job and to send out or release a substance, such as liquid or gas. English relatives and later formations include afterdischarge, dischargeable, dischargee.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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