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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The meaning of "dismiss"

Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel

She was openly dismissed as deranged when she claimed that Rodin had stolen some of her ideas.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know here what "dismissed" means.
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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No one believed her claim that Rodin had stolen some of her ideas. Her claim was dismissed as they thought she was deranged (mentally incompetent).

  • No one believed her claim that Rodin had stolen some of her ideas.
  • Her claim was dismissed as they thought she was deranged (mentally incompetent).
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No one believed her claim that Rodin had stolen some of her ideas.
Her claim was dismissed as they thought she was deranged (mentally incompetent).

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