American English pronunciation
How to pronounce reject
IPA transcription: [ɹɪ'dʒɛkt]
Pronunciation variants: [ɹɪ'dʒɛkt]['ɹidʒɛkt]
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Noun
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the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
Verb
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refuse to accept
“He refused my offer of hospitality”
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refuse to accept or acknowledge
“I reject the idea of starting a war”
“The journal rejected the student's paper”
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reject with contempt
“She spurned his advances”
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deem wrong or inappropriate
“I disapprove of her child rearing methods”
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dismiss from consideration or a contest
“John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
“This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration”
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refuse entrance or membership
“They turned away hundreds of fans”
“Black people were often rejected by country clubs”
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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
“His body rejected the liver of the donor”
Usage examples
- It merely referred to a reviewing method to determine whether the rejection was rational.
- Such racial typologies have been rejected by modern anthropology for several reasons.
- Datapoint's board rejected the offer but began inviting takeover proposals from other interested parties.
- The double rejection manifested itself in heavy drinking by Ivanov.
- The appeal was rejected.
- She rejected modern individualist notions of personhood and emphasised the self-communication of God.
- The jury deadlocked, but there is evidence they rejected the trans-panic defense.
- Faisal Wavda petition was later rejected and second production orders were issued.
- Unlike the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Protestant Church rejected the use of bishops.
- The work was rejected by the Royal Academy.