nounUpper-intermediate

dismissal

US

/dɪsˈmɪsəl/

UK

/dɪsˈmɪsəl/

Meaning

The act of officially making someone leave their job, or the state of having been removed from it.

किसी व्यक्ति को आधिकारिक रूप से नौकरी से हटाने की कार्रवाई, या नौकरी से हटाए जाने की स्थिति।

Examples

“The company announced his dismissal after investigating the safety violations.”

workplacedismissal after an investigation

“She appealed her dismissal, arguing that the decision was unfair.”

appeal against dismissalworkplace

“The manager dismissed two employees for repeatedly ignoring safety rules.”

dismiss someone for somethingworkplace

Useful patterns

dismissal from a jobface dismissalappeal against a dismissalunfair or wrongful dismissal

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Word family

dismiss(verb)
dismissive(adjective)
dismissively(adverb)

Common collocations

unfair dismissalwrongful dismissalface dismissalappeal against dismissalgrounds for dismissaldismissal from employment

Common mistakes

Not natural: He received dismissal from his job yesterday.

Better: He was dismissed from his job yesterday.

Dismissal is a formal noun; people are usually dismissed from a job, rather than receiving dismissal.

Dismissal एक औपचारिक noun है; आम तौर पर कहते हैं कि किसी को नौकरी से dismiss किया गया।

Not natural: The company dismissed her dismissal.

Better: The company dismissed her.

Dismiss is the verb for removing someone from a job; dismissal names the act or result.

नौकरी से हटाने की कार्रवाई के लिए verb dismiss इस्तेमाल होता है; dismissal उस कार्रवाई या नतीजे का noun है।

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Use dismissal from a job for the formal event; dismissal of an idea means rejecting it, a different sense.

नौकरी से हटाने के लिए dismissal from a job कहें; dismissal of an idea का मतलब विचार को खारिज करना है।

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What does dismissal from a job usually mean?

नौकरी से dismissal का आम तौर पर क्या मतलब है?