dismissal
part of speech
noun (a dismissal, dismissals; dismissal — uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) Making someone leave their job; being sacked or fired. tree →
2) Letting people go, for example at the end of the school day: Dismissal is at 3 o'clock. tree →
3) Refusing to take an idea seriously: his dismissal of my plan. tree →
4) (law) A judge deciding a case will not go on. tree →
5) (cricket) A batter being got out. tree →
sense in the lessons
In US schools «dismissal» is the time children leave school; at work it means losing your job; in courts a case can end with a dismissal. Phrases: «unfair dismissal», «school dismissal», «early dismissal», «dismissal of a case».
examples
- After dismissal, the children walked to the bus. tree →
- There is early dismissal on Friday because of the storm. tree →
- The worker said his dismissal was unfair. tree →
- Her quick dismissal of my idea hurt my feelings. tree →
- The judge ordered the dismissal of the case. tree →
- The bowler celebrated the batter's dismissal. tree →
- This misfortune so preyed upon his mind that he did not long survive his dismissal—he died, leaving behind him his beautiful young wife to face the world alone. tree →
note
From the verb «dismiss». Countable for single events (a dismissal), uncountable for the idea. In the UK «school dismissal» is less common — people say «home time». In maths, «dismissal at 3:15» can be used for time questions: how long from the start of school to dismissal.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dismissal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.