discharge1 verbdischarge2 noun
dischargedis‧charge1 /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ $ -ɑːr-/ ●○○ verb 
WORD ORIGINdischarge1
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French descharger, from Late Latin carricare ‘to load’VERB TABLE
discharge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | discharge |
| he, she, it | discharges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | discharged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have discharged |
| he, she, it | has discharged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had discharged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will discharge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have discharged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am discharging |
| he, she, it | is discharging | |
| you, we, they | are discharging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was discharging |
| you, we, they | were discharging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been discharging |
| he, she, it | has been discharging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been discharging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be discharging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been discharging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He lost both his legs in an explosion and was discharged from the navy.
- Jefferson's gun accidentally discharged, killing him.
- The captain gave the order to discharge the cargo.
- The president called upon the soldiers to discharge their duty with honor.
- When Danny was discharged in 1961, he went to Los Angeles, looking for work.
- Between them was a tommy gun, discharging itself into the air.
- But on the whole he discharged it badly.
- Florence W., aged four, was to be handed over to her father as soon as he was discharged from prison.
- Neurons discharging in the cortical motor strip cause focal movements of the contralateral extremities.
- One of the four police officers injured in the explosion has been discharged from hospital.
- She had forgotten the sidearm, which she had kept sand-free but not discharged in months.
- There is emotional charge here somewhere which will discharge.
- Vicarious performance of a personal contract will not discharge the vendor nor bind the customer.
THESAURUS
(also dismiss formal) to make someone leave their job, especially because they have done something wrong: · He was fired for surfing the Internet during work time.· Harris was caught stealing, and was dismissed from his job.
British English informal to make someone leave their job, especially because they are not good at it, or because they have done something wrong: · Bates was sacked from his job after the team failed to win any games.· His boss gave him the sack for taking too much time off work.
to make a lot of workers, especially workers in a large factory or organization, leave their jobs, because there is not enough work for them to do, or not enough money to pay their wages: · 3000 car workers have been laid off at the factory in Cleveland.
British English to make someone leave their job because they are no longer needed: · 5 staff will be made redundant at the end of this month.
to make someone leave their job, Used by employers to avoid saying directly that they are getting rid of people: · We’ve had to let two members of staff go.
to make someone leave their job in the army, air force etc: · Grant had been discharged from the navy for threatening an officer.
to make someone leave their job in a way that makes it seem as if they have chosen to leave: · He had been eased out of office in an attempt to prevent a political crisis.
formal to make someone leave their job because they have done something wrong – used especially to avoid saying this directly, and also when the job is a powerful one: · The colonel and two other senior officers were relieved of their posts.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone leaves the army, air force, or navy to leave the army, air force, or navy without permission: · The three men had tried to desert, but were brought back to camp and shot.desert from: · He obtained the grenades from a friend who had deserted from the army.
informal to leave your army unit without permission, often for a short period of time: · He went AWOL while on duty in Northern Ireland.
to allow or force someone to leave the army, air force, or navy: · When Danny was discharged in 1961, he went to Los Angeles, looking for work.discharge from: · He lost both his legs in an explosion and was discharged from the navy.
WORD SETSalternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1send somebody away [transitive] to officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or the army, navy etc, or to tell them that they must leave: British English (=leave hospital before your treatment is complete)
British English (=let someone leave prison if they obey particular rules) Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years.
Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years. The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.· He developed epilepsy, a condition which led to him being discharged from the army.
British English, be discharged/released from the hospital American English (=be allowed to leave a hospital because you are better)· It was several weeks before he was released from hospital.
(=allowed to leave it)· The patient was discharged after eight days.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Telford, of Wheatley, Doncaster, was conditionally discharged by town magistrates after admitting threatening, abusive and insulting behaviour.· Cunningham was conditionally discharged for one year and ordered to pay a total of £65 compensation.· He was conditionally discharged for twelve months and had to pay £15 compensation.· Mr Hill and Mr Middleton were conditionally discharged by magistrates at Amersham.· They were conditionally discharged but each was ordered to pay costs of 750 pounds.· Previous convictions: several as a juvenile for theft and taking without consent: conditionally discharged on each occasion.· He was conditionally discharged by Newcastle magistrates in December after admitting assaulting railway worker John Beach.· Mitchell was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £180 compensation and £85 costs.
NOUN· He was discharged from the army six years ago suffering ill health which he believed to be connected to Gulf War Syndrome.· Along came a young soldier, recently discharged from the army because his wounds made him unable to serve.· The injections led to him suffering epileptic fits-a condition which later led to him being discharged from the Army.· Worth cut expenditures by sending people who were on government rations home and discharging civilians on the army payroll.· The story went that he was a dealer in jewels and furs who had been discharged from the army after Dunkirk.
· First, as a warning discharging the duty of care.· In doing so they had discharged their duty of care.· This is because the making of a residence order with respect to a child in care discharges an existing care order.· Whether such a warning will discharge the duty of care will depend on the age of the entrant.
· With technical work, the appointment of a competent contractor may be sufficient to discharge the duty.· He has been twice a Member of Congress, and in that office discharged his duty with ability and faithfulness.· First, as a warning discharging the duty of care.· New agencies and new officials were created to discharge political and economic duties formerly assigned to the sovereign courts.· In doing so they had discharged their duty of care.· The wound healed well, and the patient was discharged to duty.· But trust in the authority is trust that the authority is likely to discharge its duties properly.· Whether such a warning will discharge the duty of care will depend on the age of the entrant.
· In a report on marine pollution, the organization states that 12,000 pipes have been licensed to discharge industrial effluent.· It would run to a point directly behind the Falls and discharge its effluent into the cataract itself.· Dioxins from the process may be discharged in factory effluent and some traces remain in the paper goods themselves.· The company makes a wide range of bathroom ware and discharges its effluent into a fishless urban stream.
· Equally they sustain as well as designate those who discharge public functions.· Parliament has chosen to discharge this function by placing primary responsibility upon a scrutiny committee formed especially for the purpose.· Each of the Houses discharges a quasi judicial function in relation to the regulation of its own affairs.· Social divisions, described in chapter 6, complicate the job of those who discharge the functions of the state.
· The hospitals may discharge them on it, but make sure it is continued.· If the hospital can treat and discharge the patient for less than the fixed amount, it makes a profit.· Robert was treated in hospital but discharged.· Why are hospital patients discharged so quickly and what happens to people who can not afford the expense of convalescent care.· The child was also taken to hospital but was later discharged.
· If there is a Breach of Warranty the Insurer is discharged from liability from the day of breach.
· The need for those new lines to discharge that obligation will be considered by the inquiry.· In Washington, for example, a teacher was discharged from his contractual obligation because of his deteriorating eyesight.· Simpson will not be able to discharge his financial obligations to the victims' families by claiming bankruptcy.
· This prohibition applies to all proceedings under s34 including applications to vary or discharge existing orders.· This also applies to an application for any order which would have the effect of varying or discharging an existing order.· This is because the making of a residence order with respect to a child in care discharges an existing care order.· For those reasons, I would discharge this order.· A court has power to make a s8 order whether or not it varies or discharges the supervision order.· For that reason I would discharge the judge's order.· An application can be made to vary or discharge an order refusing contact as well as an order which permits it.
· In recent years a policy of discharging long-stay psychiatric patients into the community has been introduced.· In addition to discharging eligible patients, Gordon sought to change a series of other long-standing practices.· Furthermore, health authorities could no longer discharge patients without an individual care plan being approved and agreed with the local authority.· It proved difficult to discharge many of these patients.
· All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities.· Ways in which the authority can discharge its responsibilities for standard setting for all aspects of care will also require attention.· There seemed to be no incompatibility between building a welfare state at home and discharging the responsibilities of a great power abroad.· The question is whether he can discharge that responsibility to Parliament without being in day-to-day charge.· I discharged my responsibility at the court, and that is that.
· Larger gravel is discharged back into the river.
· The forms include details of the process and quantities of waste discharged to land, water and air.· John Glenn, D-Ohio, intends to introduce legislation that would prohibit ships from discharging organism-laced ballast water in estuaries.· The contractile vacuole expands and eventually discharges the water it contains to the exterior through the cell membrane.
VERB· All records were to be available to Cardiff city council to allow it to discharge its statutory responsibilities.
Hospitals now tend to discharge patients earlier than in the past. The judge discharged the jury.discharge somebody from something Several of the recruits were discharged from the Army due to medical problems.discharge yourself British English (=leave hospital before your treatment is complete)conditionally discharge somebody British English (=let someone leave prison if they obey particular rules) Dunning was conditionally discharged for two years.2gas/liquid/smoke etc [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to send out gas, liquid, smoke etc, or to allow it to escapedischarge something into something Sewage is discharged directly into the sea.discharge into Rainwater collects here and then discharges into the river Kennett.3shoot [transitive] formal to fire a gun or shoot an arrow etc: A soldier accidentally discharged his weapon.4duty/responsibility/debt etc [transitive] formal to do or pay what you have a duty to do or paydischarge your duties/responsibilities/obligations etc The trustees failed to discharge their duties properly.5electricity [intransitive, transitive] if a piece of electrical equipment discharges, or if it is discharged, it sends out electricity6a wound [intransitive, transitive] if a wound or body part discharges a substance such as pus (=infected liquid), the substance slowly comes out of it7goods/passengers [transitive] formal to take goods or passengers off a ship, plane etcdischarge1 verbdischarge2 noun
dischargedis‧charge2 /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ $ -tʃɑːrdʒ/ noun formal 1[uncountable] when you officially allow someone to leave somewhere, especially the hospital or their job in the army, navy etcdischarge from Nurses visit the mother and baby for two weeks after their discharge from the hospital. → dishonourable discharge, honorable discharge2[countable, uncountable] when gas, liquid, smoke etc is sent out, or the substance that is sent outdischarge of the discharge of toxic waste into the sea3[countable, uncountable] when a substance slowly comes out of a wound or part of your body, or the substance that comes out4[countable, uncountable] electricity that is sent out by a piece of equipment, a storm etc5[uncountable] when someone performs a duty or pays a debtdischarge of the discharge of the college’s legal responsibilities6[uncountable] when someone shoots a gun