DISCHARGE


Meaning of DISCHARGE in English

The verb is pronounced /dɪstʃɑ:(r)dʒ/. The noun is pronounced /dɪstʃɑ:(r)dʒ/.

( discharged)

1.

When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.

He has a broken nose but may be discharged today...

Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital.

VERB : be V-ed , V pron-refl , also V n

Discharge is also a noun.

He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.

N-VAR

2.

If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. ( FORMAL )

...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties.

VERB : V n

3.

If someone discharges a debt, they pay it. ( FORMAL )

The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.

VERB : V n

4.

If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. ( FORMAL )

The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea...

The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils.

VERB : be V-ed prep , V n prep

5.

When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere. ( FORMAL )

They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes...

N-VAR : usu with supp

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