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reject

[ri-jekt, ree-jekt]

verb (used with object)

  1. to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc..

    to reject the offer of a better job.

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  2. to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).

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  3. to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff.

    The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.

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  4. to discard as useless or unsatisfactory.

    The mind rejects painful memories.

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  5. to cast out or eject; vomit.

  6. to cast out or off.

  7. Medicine/Medical.(of a human or other animal) to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue).

    If tissue types are not matched properly, a patient undergoing a transplant will reject the graft.



noun

  1. something rejected, as an imperfect article.

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reject

verb

  1. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc

  2. to throw out as useless or worthless; discard

  3. to rebuff (a person)

  4. (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • rejectable adjective
  • rejecter noun
  • rejective adjective
  • prereject verb (used with object)
  • quasi-rejected adjective
  • unrejectable adjective
  • unrejected adjective
  • unrejective adjective
  • ˈ𳦳پ adjective
  • ˈ𳦳پDz noun
  • ˈ𳦳ٲ adjective
  • ˈ𳦳ٱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reject1

First recorded in 1485–95; (verb) from Latin ŧ𳦳ٳܲ, past participle of ŧᾱ “to throw back,” equivalent to re- re- + jec-, combining form of jacere “to throw” + -tus past participle suffix
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reject1

C15: from Latin ŧ to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurl
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In a statement, a Fifa spokesperson rejected the suggestion that investment into the Club World Cup was from one country, saying it now had nine tournament sponsors and that "commercial momentum is strong".

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Johnson's controversial list initially contained eight names rejected by the body which approves appointments to the House of Lords.

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It has emerged that the shooter was rejected from the country's compulsory military service in July 2021.

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“Nobody has rejected anything. They are just doing their analysis,” Emanuel told The Times in a brief interview.

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“We celebrate diversity and reject divisiveness. We celebrate immigrants and reject hate and we support our neighbors,” one post noted.

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