reject

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Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: rĭjĕktʹ, IPA: /ɹɪˈdʒɛkt/
• (noun) enPR: rēʹjĕkt, IPA: /ˈɹiːdʒɛkt/

Verb

reject (rejects, present participle rejecting; past and past participle rejected)

1. (transitive) To refuse to accept.

   She even rejected my improved offer.

2. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. To refuse a romantic advance.

   I've been rejected three times this week.

Synonyms

• (refuse to accept) decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

Antonyms

• (refuse to accept) accept, take up

Translations

• French: rejeter
• German: verwerfen, ablehnen, zurückweisen
• Italian: respingere, rifiutare
• Portuguese: rejeitar
• Russian: отверга́ть
• Spanish: rechazar, desestimar (formal), inadmitir (law)

Noun

reject (plural rejects)

1. Something that is rejected.
2. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
3. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line

Synonyms

• (something that is rejected) castaway
• (an unpopular person) outcast, castaway, alien

Related terms

• rejection

Translations

• Spanish: artículo defectuoso

Translations

• Spanish: marginado, marginada

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