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- pronunciation:
- rih
jekt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
rejects, rejecting, rejected |
| definition 1: |
When you reject something, you refuse to accept it. If you reject a gift, you refuse to take it. If you reject what your friend says, you don't believe it, or you don't agree with it.
Ben's feelings were hurt when Molly rejected his flowers.Paul rejected his friend's idea of the two of them jumping into the cold lake.The other company offered Maya's dad a job, but he rejected it because he likes where he is working now.
- synonyms:
- refuse
- antonyms:
- accept, admit, choose, pass, pick
- similar words:
- decline, dismiss
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| definition 2: |
If someone rejects another person, they say or show that they don't want that person. Animals sometimes reject other animals too.
Jasmin told Darnell that she liked him, but he rejected her. That's why she's so sad.The poor little lamb was rejected by its mother.- similar words:
- refuse, repel, scorn, slight
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| related words: |
deny, desert, dispose of, exclude, oppose, scrap |
| derivation: |
rejecter (n.) |
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