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- [verb dis-chahrj; noun dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj]
- /verb dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ; noun ˈdɪs tʃɑrdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
- /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/
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- [verb dis-chahrj; noun dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj]
- /verb dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ; noun ˈdɪs tʃɑrdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
Definitions of discharge word
- verb with object discharge to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship. 1
- verb with object discharge to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York. 1
- verb with object discharge to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun. 1
- verb with object discharge to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective. 1
- verb with object discharge to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.). 1
- verb with object discharge to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc. 1
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Origin of discharge
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English deschargen < Anglo-French descharger, Old French < Late Latin discarricāre, equivalent to dis- dis-1 + carricāre to load; see charge
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Parts of speech for Discharge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
discharge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
discharge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for discharge
noun discharge
- parole — language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue).
- pardon — kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- clearance — Clearance is the removal of old buildings, trees, or other things that are not wanted from an area.
- liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
- acquittal — Acquittal is a formal declaration in a court of law that someone who has been accused of a crime is innocent.
verb discharge
- oust — to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
- acquit — If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
- dismiss — to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
- loosen — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
- clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
adjective discharge
- dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- out with it — a command to make something known immediately, without missing any details
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- unbosom — to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).
- shaker — a person or thing that shakes.
Antonyms for discharge
noun discharge
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.
- loading — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- indebtedness — the state of being indebted.
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
verb discharge
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- sentence — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- welcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
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