Reject
noun, verb, slang ·Very common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 Something that is rejected.
"Almost all line segments will be trivial accepts or trivial rejects, so the above covers the vast majority of cases."
- 2 the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality wordnet
- 3 An unpopular person. derogatory, slang
- 4 A rejected defective product in a production line. colloquial
"In all of India, China, Africa, and much of the southern American continent, those who had the leisure and wallet for fashion […] would have killed for the street merchandise of Manhattan, as also for […] the reject china and designer-label bargains to be found in downtown discount emporia."
- 5 A rejected takeoff.
- 1 To refuse to accept; to forswear. transitive
"She even rejected my improved offer."
- 2 dismiss from consideration or a contest wordnet
- 3 To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
- 4 not accept something given or offered wordnet
- 5 To refuse a romantic advance. transitive
"I've been rejected three times this week."
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- 6 reject with contempt wordnet
- 7 deem wrong or inappropriate wordnet
- 8 not accept as true wordnet
- 9 refuse entrance or membership wordnet
- 10 resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"For love is something you can't reject."
Etymology
From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).
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