reject
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (verb) enPR: rĭjĕktʹ, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/
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- (noun) enPR: rēʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.d͡ʒɛkt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: re‧ject
- Rhymes: -ɛkt
Verb
[edit]reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)
- (transitive) To refuse to accept.
- She even rejected my improved offer.
- 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.
- (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
- I've been rejected three times this week.
Synonyms
[edit](refuse to accept):
Antonyms
[edit](antonym(s) of “refuse to accept”):
Derived terms
[edit]- rejected landing
- rejected takeoff
- rejectee
- rejecter / rejector
- rejection
- rejectionist
- rejectionism
- rereject
Translations
[edit]to refuse to accept
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to refuse a romantic advance
Noun
[edit]reject (plural rejects)
- Something that is rejected.
- (derogatory, slang) An unpopular person.
- (colloquial) A rejected defective product in a production line.
- 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 6:
- In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia.
- (aviation) A rejected takeoff.
Synonyms
[edit]- (something that is rejected): castaway
- (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
- (rejected takeoff): RTO
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]something that is rejected
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