REJECT
\ɹɪd͡ʒˈɛkt], \ɹɪdʒˈɛkt], \ɹ_ɪ_dʒ_ˈɛ_k_t]\
Definitions of REJECT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
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dismiss from consideration; "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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refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
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deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
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resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
By Princeton University
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reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
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dismiss from consideration; "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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refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
By Oddity Software
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To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.
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To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
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To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
By Noah Webster.
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To throw away as worthless; refuse to take; decline; as, to reject a gift; refuse to agree to; as, to reject a suggestion.
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Rejecter, rejector.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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