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reject
[ verb ri-jekt; noun ree-jekt ]
verb (used with object)
- to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.:
to reject the offer of a better job.
Synonyms: deny
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
Synonyms: deny
- 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/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
- something rejected, as an imperfect article.
Synonyms: second
reject
verb
- 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
noun
- something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless
Derived Forms
- reˈjective, adjective
- reˈjection, noun
- reˈjectable, adjective
- reˈjecter, noun
Other Words From
- re·jecta·ble adjective
- re·jecter noun
- re·jective adjective
- prere·ject verb (used with object)
- quasi-re·jected adjective
- unre·jecta·ble adjective
- unre·jected adjective
- unre·jective adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of reject1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Whittier Conservancy President Mary Gorman-Sullens said the nonprofit “resorted to litigation only after attempts of reaching reasonable, workable compromise were rejected from the city.”
Some 81% of lungs are rejected for transplantation because they are inflamed or in poor condition.
New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands to introduce a separate passport for its citizens while allowing them to retain New Zealand citizenship.
That is a claim the authorities reject, although they have admitted the attacker entered the market using a route planned for emergency responders.
The decision to reject the drug was made despite potential savings to the NHS and social care being considered.
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