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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ject /v. rɪˈdʒɛkt; n. ˈridʒɛkt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to refuse to have, take, use, recognize, etc.:to reject a job offer.
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.);
deny:The board rejected his request for a license. - to refuse to accept or admit:The other children rejected him.
- to throw aside as useless or unsatisfactory:Any misshapen pieces coming off the assembly line are rejected.
- Medicineto have a reaction against (a transplanted organ or tissue).
n. [countable] - one that is rejected.
See -jec-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024re•ject (v. ri jekt′;n. rē′jekt),USA pronunciation v.t. - to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.:to reject the offer of a better job.
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
- to refuse to accept (someone or something);
rebuff:The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel. - to discard as useless or unsatisfactory:The mind rejects painful memories.
- to cast out or eject;
vomit. - to cast out or off.
- Medicine(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.
n. - something rejected, as an imperfect article.
- Latin rējectus, past participle of rējicere to throw back, equivalent. to re- re- + jec-, combining form of jacere to throw + -tus past participle suffix
- (verb, verbal) 1485–95
re•ject′a•ble, adj. re•ject′er, n. re•jec′tive, adj. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See refuse 1.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deny.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repel, renounce.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged eliminate, jettison.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged second.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: reject vb /rɪˈdʒɛkt/(transitive)- to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc
- to throw out as useless or worthless; discard
- to rebuff (a person)
- (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility
n /ˈriːdʒɛkt/- something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin rēicere to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurlreˈjecter, reˈjector n reˈjection n reˈjective adj |