reject
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).
PronunciationEdit
- (verb) enPR: rĭjĕktʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈdʒɛkt/
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- (noun) enPR: rēʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.dʒɛkt/
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- Hyphenation: re‧ject
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkt
VerbEdit
reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)
- (transitive) To refuse to accept.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
- She even rejected my improved offer.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- To refuse a romantic advance.
- I've been rejected three times this week.
SynonymsEdit
(refuse to accept):
AntonymsEdit
(refuse to accept):
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to throw away, reject — see discard
to refuse to accept
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NounEdit
reject (plural rejects)
- Something that is rejected.
- (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
- (colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
- (aviation) A rejected takeoff.
SynonymsEdit
- (something that is rejected): castaway
- (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
- (rejected takeoff): RTO
TranslationsEdit
something that is rejected
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