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re·ject  (r-jkt)

tr.v. re·ject·ed, re·ject·ing, re·jects

1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.

2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.

3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).

4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See Synonyms at refuse¹.

5. To spit out or vomit.

6. Medicine To resist immunologically the introduction of (a transplanted organ or tissue); fail to accept as part of one's own body.

n. (rjkt)

One that has been rejected: a reject from the varsity team; a tire that is a reject.

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[Middle English rejecten, from Latin ricere, riect- : re-, re- + iacere, to throw; see y- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·jecter, re·jector n.

re·jective adj.

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reject

vb [rɪˈdʒɛkt] (tr)

1. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, believe, etc.

2. to throw out as useless or worthless; discard

3. to rebuff (a person)

4. (Medicine) (of an organism) to fail to accept (a foreign tissue graft or organ transplant) because of immunological incompatibility

n [ˈriːdʒɛkt]

something rejected as imperfect, unsatisfactory, or useless

[from Latin rēicere to throw back, from re- + jacere to hurl]

rejectable  adj

rejecter , rejector n

rejection  n

rejective  adj

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reject

• discard - First meant "throw out or reject a card from a hand."
• eighty-six - "Reject, discard"—may be rhyming slang for "nix."
• quash - From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress."
• reprove - To reject or express disapproval of something.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reject - the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality cull deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Verb	1.	reject - refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper" pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" disbelieve, discredit - reject as false; refuse to accept repudiate - refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid; "The woman repudiated the divorce settlement" recuse - challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law reprobate - reject (documents) as invalid repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside - bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" accept - consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
	2.	reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" pass up, turn down, decline, refuse freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, disdain, scorn, turn down, reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" dishonor, dishonour - refuse to accept; "dishonor checks and drafts" bounce - refuse to accept and send back; "bounce a check"
	3.	reject - deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods" disapprove pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" object - express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent; "She never objected to the amount of work her boss charged her with"; "When asked to drive the truck, she objected that she did not have a driver's license" deprecate - express strong disapproval of; deplore deter, discourage - try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
	4.	reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, scorn, disdain, turn down refuse, decline - show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" rebuff, snub, repel - reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject - refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" turn down, turn away, refuse, reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"
	5.	reject - resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor" refuse, resist react, respond - show a response or a reaction to something
	6.	reject - refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" turn down, turn away, refuse freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, disdain, scorn, turn down, reject - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" allow in, intromit, let in, admit - allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club building"; "This pipe admits air"
	7.	reject - 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" winnow out, rule out, eliminate

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reject

verb

1. rebuff, drop, jilt, desert, turn down, ditch (slang), break with, spurn, refuse, say no to, repulse, throw over people who have been rejected by their lovers
rebuff accept

2. deny, decline, abandon, exclude, veto, discard, relinquish, renounce, spurn, eschew, leave off, throw off, disallow, forsake, retract, repudiate, cast off, disown, forgo, disclaim, forswear, swear off, wash your hands of They are rejecting the values on which Thatcherism was built.
deny allow, agree, accept, approve, permit

3. discard, decline, eliminate, scrap, bin, jettison, cast aside, throw away or out Seventeen publishers rejected the manuscript.
discard receive, accept, select

noun

1. castoff, second, discard, flotsam, clunker (informal) a hat that looks like a reject from an army patrol
castoff prize, treasure

2. failure, has-been, loser, flop, also-ran, dud, dropout, non-starter, saddo (Brit. slang), castoff I'm an outsider, a reject, a social failure. a reject of Real Madrid

Translations

reject [rɪˈdʒekt]

A. VT

1. (= refuse, turn down) [+ application] (for job) → rechazar; (for asylum, citizenship) → denegar, rechazar; [+ candidate, offer, manuscript, sb's advances] → rechazar; [+ bad coin, damaged goods] → rechazar, no aceptar; [+ plea] → ignorar, hacer caso omiso de

2. (= dismiss) [+ suggestion, possibility, solution] → descartar, rechazar; [+ motion, plan, proposal] → rechazar; [+ argument] → rechazar, no aceptar; [+ accusation] → negar
the proposal was rejected by a narrow margin → la propuesta fue rechazada por un escaso margen
she rejected accusations that → negó las acusaciones de que ...

3. (= disown) [+ person] → rechazar
to feel rejected (emotionally) → sentirse rechazado; (socially) → sentirse marginado, sentirse rechazado

4. (Med) [+ food, tissue, new organ] [body] → rechazar

B. [ˈriːdʒekt] N

1. (= person) society's rejects → los marginados de la sociedad

2. (= unwanted thing) → desecho m

3. (Comm) (= product) → artículo m defectuoso

C. [ˈriːdʒekt] CPD (Comm, Ind) [goods] → defectuoso

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reject [rɪˈdʒɛkt]

vt

(= refuse) [+ offer, bid, proposal] → rejeter; [+ appeal, application, request] → rejeter
His request for asylum was rejected → Sa demande d'asile a été rejetée.
Many publishers rejected the manuscript → De nombreux éditeurs ont rejeté le manuscrit.

(= not choose) [+ person, candidate] → rejeter
I applied but they rejected me → J'ai posé ma candidature mais ils m'ont rejetée.

(= leave) [+ lover] → abandonner

(= dismiss) [+ idea, suggestion, claim] → rejeter
We rejected that idea straight away → Nous avons immédiatement rejeté cette idée.

[machine] [+ coin, credit card] → rejeter

(MEDICINE) [+ organ] → rejeter

[+ substandard goods] → mettre au rebut

[ˈriːdʒɛkt] n

(= substandard product) → article m de rebut

(= person)
Their players were all rejects from other teams → Leurs joueurs avaient tous été rejetés par les autres équipes.

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reject

vt

damaged goods etc (customer) → ablehnen, zurückweisen; (maker, producer) → aussortieren, ausscheiden

(= turn down) application, request etc → ablehnen; (stronger) → abweisen, zurückweisen; candidate (through vote) → durchfallen lassen; suitor, advances → abweisen, zurückweisen; offer → ablehnen, ausschlagen; criticism → zurückweisen; plea → zurückweisen, abschlagen; idea, possibility → verwerfen

(Med) drug → nicht vertragen, ablehnen; transplant → abstoßen; (stomach) food → verweigern

n (Comm) → Ausschuss m no pl; reject goods → Ausschussware f; although this jacket’s a reject … → obwohl dieses Jackett zweite Wahl ist, …; society’s rejects → die Ausgestoßenen pl

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reject [ɐn ˈriːdʒɛkt; ɐvb rɪˈdʒɛkt]

1. n (person, thing, also) (Comm) → scarto

2. vt (offer) → rifiutare, respingere; (applicant) → scartare, respingere; (subj, body, food) → rifiutare
the patient's body rejected the new organ → il paziente ha avuto una crisi di rigetto
to feel rejected → sentirsi respinto/a

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reject

v reject [rəˈdʒekt]

to refuse to accept She rejected his offer of help; He asked her to marry him, but she rejected him. verwerp يَرْفُض отхвърлям odmítnout afvise ablehnen απορρίπτω, αποποιούμαι, αποκρούω rechazar tagasi lükkama رد کردن؛ نپذیرفتن hylätä rejeter לִדחוֹת फेकना, अस्वीकार करना odbiti, ne prihvatiti visszautasít, elvet menolak hafna, afþakka respingere, rifiutare 拒絶する 거부하다 atmesti, at(si)sakyti atteikt; noraidīt menolak afwijzen avslå, vrake, avvise odrzucić, odtrącić rejeitar a respinge; a refuza отвергать odmietnuť zavrniti odbiti förkasta, tillbakavisa, försmå ปฏิเสธ reddetmek 拒絕 відхиляти; відмовляти نامنظور کرنا từ chối 拒绝

[ˈriːdʒekt] n

something that is rejected because it is faulty etc. verwerping شَيء مَرْفوض бракуван предмет vrácené zboží kassering der Ausschuß κπ. ή κτ. που έχει απορριφθεί λόγω ελαττωματικότητας, σκάρτος artículo defectuoso praak مترود hylkytavara article de rebut נֶפֶל अस्वीकृत वस्तु roba s greškom, „škart“ selejt barang cacat gölluð vara scarto 不良品 거절된 것 išbrokuotas gaminys brāķis barang buangan afgekeurd voorwerp vraket/kassert produkt odrzut refugo rebut брак vrátený tovar izvržek škart defekt vara สิ่งที่ถูกบอกปัด hatalı ürün 瑕疵品，被淘汰者 визнаний непридатним مسترد شدہ vật bị loại 次品，废品

n reˈjection [-ʃən]

(an) act of rejecting. verwerping رَفْض отхвърляне odmítnutí afvisning; kassering die Ablehnung απόρριψη rechazo tagasilükkamine رد؛ طرد hylkäys rejet דְחִייָה अस्वीकृति odbijanje, neprihvaćanje visszautasítás penolakan höfnun rifiuto 拒絶 거절 atmetimas, at(si)sakymas atteikums; noraidījums penolakan afwijzing vraking; avslag, avvising odrzucenie rejeição res­pingere; refuz отказ; отбраковка odmietnutie zavrnitev odbijanje förkastande, avvisande, refusering การไม่ยอมรับ reddetme 拒絕 відмова; відхилення نا منظوری sự từ chối 拒绝

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reject → يَأْبَى odmítnout afvise zurückweisen απορρίπτω rechazar torjua rejeter odbiti rifiutare 拒否する 거절하다 afwijzen forkaste odrzucić rejeitar отклонять avvisa ปฏิเสธ reddetmek bác bỏ 拒绝