verb , noun
■ verb
/ rɪˈdʒekt; NAmE / [ vn ]
ARGUMENT / IDEA / PLAN
1.
to refuse to accept or consider sth :
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 .
SB FOR JOB
2.
to refuse to accept sb for a job, position, etc. :
Please reject the following candidates ...
I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to.
NOT USE / PUBLISH
3.
to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. sth because its quality is not good enough :
Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control.
NEW ORGAN
4.
( of the body ) to not accept a new organ after a transplant operation, by producing substances that attack the organ
NOT LOVE
5.
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.
► re·jec·tion / rɪˈdʒekʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]:
Her proposal met with unanimous rejection.
a rejection letter (= a letter in which you are told, for example, that you have not been accepted for a job)
painful feelings of rejection
■ noun
/ ˈriːdʒekt/
STH THAT CANNOT BE USED
1.
something that cannot be used or sold because there is sth wrong with it
PERSON
2.
a person who has not been accepted as a member of a team, society, etc. :
one of society's rejects
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin reject- thrown back, from the verb reicere , from re- back + jacere to throw.