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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:
- to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.).
Synonyms:
- to refuse to accept (someone or something); rebuff:
The other children rejected him. The publisher rejected the author's latest novel.
Synonyms: ,
- to discard as useless or unsatisfactory:
The mind rejects painful memories.
Synonyms: ,
- 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:
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
- ˈپ, adjective
- ˈپDz, noun
- ˈٲ, adjective
- ˈٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a· adjective
- ·İ noun
- ·t adjective
- r· verb (used with object)
- ܲȴ-·Ļ adjective
- un·a· adjective
- ܲr·Ļ adjective
- un·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reject1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Wisconsin voters elected a Democratic judge to serve on the state supreme court, roundly rejecting a Musk-backed Republican candidate by almost 10 percentage points.
Downing Street has rejected suggestions by the foreign secretary that the latest wave of US tariffs marks the return of a new era of "protectionism".
The city could demand Moreno drop the Los Angeles name from his team and revert to the Anaheim name, but he rejected that request during the 2019 negotiations and almost certainly would do so again.
Now, he and his father are suing several of the colleges that rejected him.
Teachers had previously rejected two possible pay deals, but unions have now accepted the latest offer.
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