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reject(verb)BrE / rɪˈdʒekt / NAmE / rɪˈdʒekt / - to refuse to accept or consider something
- to reject an argument/a claim/a decision/an offer/a suggestion
- The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
- The proposal was firmly rejected.
- All our suggestions were rejected out of hand.
- to refuse to accept somebody for a job, position, etc.
- Please reject the following candidates…
- I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to.
- to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. something because its quality is not good enough
- Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control.
- to not accept a new organ after a transplant operation, by producing substances that attack the organ
- Her body has already rejected two kidneys.
- to fail to give a person or an animal enough care or affection
- The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died.
- When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless.
Extra Examples- Don’t just reject their suggestions out of hand.
- He urged the committee to reject the plans.
- It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected.
- No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother’s immune system.
- She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament.
- The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.
- The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story.
- The paper indignantly rejected charges that it had invented the story to boost sales.
- The plan was rejected on economic grounds.
- The proposal was rejected as too costly.
- Their design was rejected in favour of one by a rival company.
- Voters emphatically rejected the proposals.
- Voters narrowly rejected the plan.
- We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.
- He was only three when his father left and I think he still feels rejected.
- I’ve been rejected by all the colleges I applied to.
- She was rejected by her family and moved to another town.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they reject
- he / she / it rejects
- past simple rejected
- past participle rejected
- -ing form rejecting
Word Origin- late Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.
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