## Meanings
1. To decide that something or someone is not worth considering or taking seriously.
2. To remove someone from a job; to fire.
3. To officially tell or allow someone to leave.
4. To reject a legal case so that it does not continue in court.

## Examples
- He dismissed the idea as a waste of time.
- The company dismissed her after she missed several deadlines.
- The teacher dismissed the class early.
- The judge dismissed the case for lack of evidence.

## Derived Forms
- dismissable
- dismissably
- dismissee
- dismisser
- dismissible
- redismiss

## Related Forms
- dismissal
- dismission
- dismissive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dimissus

## Etymology
Middle English, from Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”).

## AI Etymology
Dismiss is from Middle English and Latin dimissus (“sent away, dismissed, banished”), the perfect passive participle of dīmittō (“send away, dismiss”), from dis- + mittere (“to send”). Current senses include deciding that something or someone is not worth considering, removing someone from a job, sending a group away, and refusing to consider a legal case. Later formations include dismissable, dismissably, and dismissee.

## Topics
- Law & Government

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