Definitions of Reject [əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv]

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Definition of 'Reject'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) reject
to refuse to have, take, use, recognize, etc.:
to reject a job offer.

2.  reject
to refuse to grant (a request, demand, etc.); deny.

3.  reject
to refuse to accept or admit; rebuff:
The other children rejected him.

4.  reject
to discard as useless or unsatisfactory.

5.  reject
to eject; vomit.

6.  reject
to cast out or off.

7.  reject
to have an immunological reaction against (a transplanted organ or grafted tissue).

8. (n.) reject
something or someone that is rejected, as an imperfect or unwanted article.

Etymology: (1485–95; (v.) < L rējectus, ptp. of rējicere to throw back =re-re - +-jicere, comb. form of jacere to throw)

Definition of 'Reject'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) cull, reject
the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

2. (verb) reject
refuse to accept or acknowledge
"I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"

3. (verb) refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
refuse to accept
"He refused my offer of hospitality"

4. (verb) disapprove, reject
deem wrong or inappropriate
"I disapprove of her child rearing methods"

5. (verb) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"

6. (verb) resist, reject, refuse
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
"His body rejected the liver of the donor"

7. (verb) reject, turn down, turn away, refuse
refuse entrance or membership
"They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

8. (verb) rule out, eliminate, winnow out, 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"

Definition of 'Reject'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) reject
to state that you will not accept or agree
Stockholders have rejected the bid.; He strongly rejected the idea.

2. reject
to not accept sb's application
Her visa application has been rejected.

3. reject
to refuse to give love or attention
His family rejected him when he went to jail.

4. (noun) reject
sth or sb that has been rejected for not being good enough
old toys tossed away as rejects

Definition of 'Reject'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) Reject
to cast from one; to throw away; to discard

2. (verb) Reject
to refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate

3. (verb) Reject
to refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request

Translation of 'Reject'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to refuse to accept She rejected his offer of help; He asked her to marry him, but she rejected him.
Afrikaans: verwerp	Arabic: يَرْفُض	Bulgarian: отхвърлям
Brazilian: rejeitar	Czech: odmítnout	German: ablehnen
Danish: afvise	Greek: απορρίπτω, αποποιούμαι, α	Spanish: rechazar
Estonian: tagasi lükkama	Farsi: رد کردن؛ نپذیرفتن	Finnish: hylätä
French: rejeter	Hebrew: לִדחוֹת	Hindi: फेकना, अस्वीकार करना
Croatian: odbiti, ne prihvatiti	Hungarian: visszautasít, elvet	Indonesian: menolak
Icelandic: hafna, afþakka	Italian: respingere, rifiutare	Japanese: 拒絶する
Korean: 거부하다	Lithuanian: atmesti, at(si)sakyti	Latvian: atteikt; noraidīt
Malay: menolak	Dutch: afwijzen	Norwegian: avslå, vrake, avvise
Polish: odrzucić, odtrącić	Persian: رد کردن؛ نپذیرفتن	Pashto: ردول، نه منل، رټل، استه غ
Portuguese: rejeitar	Romanian: a respinge; a refuza	Russian: отвергать
Slovak: odmietnuť	Slovenian: zavrniti	Serbian: odbiti
Swedish: förkasta, tillbakavisa, f	Thai: ปฏิเสธ	Turkish: reddetmek
Taiwanese: 拒絕	Ukrainian: відхиляти; відмовляти	Urdu: نامنظور کرنا
Vietnamese: từ chối	Chinese: 拒绝
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