reject (rejects plural & 3rd person present) (rejecting present participle) (rejected past tense & past participle )
The verb is pronounced [PH:r][PH:I][PH:d][PH:Z][PH:e][PH:k][PH:t]. The noun is pronounced [PH:r][PH:i][PH::][PH:d][PH:Z][PH:e][PH:k][PH:t].
1 verb If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accept it or you do not agree to it.
The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway... V n
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rejection (rejections plural) n-var
The rejection of such initiatives indicates that voters are unconcerned about the environment.
2 verb If you reject a belief or a political system, you refuse to believe in it or to live by its rules.
...the children of Eastern European immigrants who had rejected their parents' political and religious beliefs. V n
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rejection n-var
...his rejection of our values.
3 verb If someone is rejected for a job or course of study, it is not offered to them.
One of my most able students was rejected by another university. be V-ed, Also V n
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rejection n-count
Be prepared for lots of rejections before you land a job.
4 verb If someone rejects another person who expects affection from them, they are cold and unfriendly towards them.
...people who had been rejected by their lovers. V n
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rejection n-var
These feelings of rejection and hurt remain.
5 verb If a person's body rejects something such as a new heart that has been transplanted into it, it tries to attack and destroy it.
It was feared his body was rejecting a kidney he received in a transplant four years ago. V n
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rejection n-var
...a special drug which stops rejection of transplanted organs.
6 verb If a machine rejects a coin that you put in it, the coin comes out and the machine does not work.
7 n-count A reject is a product that has not been accepted for use or sale, because there is something wrong with it.