Definition von reject

Häufigkeit

reject

Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present tense rejects, present participle rejecting , past tense, past participle rejected pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (rɪdʒekt ). The noun is pronounced (riːdʒekt ).

1. Verb

If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accept it or you do not agree to it.

The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway. [VERB noun]

Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript before Jenks saw its potential.

Synonyme:discard, decline, eliminate, scrap Weitere Synonyme von reject

rejection (rɪdʒekʃən )Wortformen:plural rejections variables Substantiv

The rejection of such initiatives indicates that voters are unconcerned about the environment. [+ of]

Synonyme:refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Weitere Synonyme von reject

2. Verb

If you reject a belief or a political system, you refuse to believe in it or to live by its rules.

...the children of Eastern European immigrants who had rejected their parents' political and religious beliefs. [VERB noun]

rejection variables Substantiv

...his rejection of our values. [+ of]

Synonyme:refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Weitere Synonyme von reject

Synonyme:denial, veto, dismissal, exclusion Weitere Synonyme von reject

3. Verb

If someone is rejected for a job or course of study, it is not offered to them.

One of my most able students was rejected by another university. [be VERB-ed]

[Also VERB noun]

rejection zählbares Substantiv

Be prepared for lots of rejections before you land a job.

Synonyme:refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Weitere Synonyme von reject

4. Verb

If someone rejects another person who expects affection from them, they are cold and unfriendly towards them.

You make friends with people and then make unreasonable demands so that they reject you. [VERB noun]

...people who had been rejected by their lovers. [be VERB-ed]

Synonyme:rebuff, drop, jilt, desert Weitere Synonyme von reject

rejection variables Substantiv

These feelings of rejection and hurt remain.

Synonyme:refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Weitere Synonyme von reject

Synonyme:rebuff, refusal, knock-back [slang], kick in the teeth [slang] Weitere Synonyme von reject

5. Verb

If a person's body rejects something such as a new heart that has been transplanted into it, it tries to attack and destroy it.

It was feared his body was rejecting a kidney he received in a transplant four years ago. [VERB noun]

rejection variables Substantiv

...a special drug which stops rejection of transplanted organs. [+ of]

Synonyme:refusal, turning down, declining, dismissal Weitere Synonyme von reject

6. Verb

If a machine rejects a coin that you put in it, the coin comes out and the machine does not work.

7. zählbares Substantiv

A reject is a product that has not been accepted for use or sale, because there is something wrong with it.

Weitere Synonyme von reject

Video: pronunciation of 'reject'

Häufigkeit

reject in American

(rɪˈdʒɛkt ; rijektˈ; for n. ˈridʒɛkt ; rēˈjekt)

Verb transitiv

to refuse to take, agree to, accede to, use, believe, etc.

to discard or throw out as worthless, useless, or substandard; cast off or out

to pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing

to throw up (food); vomit

to rebuff; esp., to deny acceptance, care, love, etc. to (someone)

a rejected child

6. Physiology

to fail to accept immunologically (a part or organ grafted or transplanted into the body)

Substantiv

a rejected thing or person

SIMILAR WORDS: deˈcline

Abgeleitete Formen

rejectee (rɪˌdʒɛkˈti ; rijekˌtēˈ)

Substantiv

rejecter (reˈjecter)

Substantiv or reˈjector

rejection (reˈjection)

Substantiv

rejective (reˈjective)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von reject

LME rejecten < L rejectus, pp. of reicere, rejicere, to throw or fling back < re-, back + jacere, to throw: see jet1

Häufigkeit

reject in British

Verb (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

Substantiv (ˈriːdʒɛkt )

something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless

Abgeleitete Formen

rejectable (reˈjectable)

Adjektiv

rejecter (reˈjecter) or rejector (reˈjector)

Substantiv

rejection (reˈjection)

Substantiv

rejective (reˈjective)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von reject

C15: from Latin rēicere to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurl

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