reject
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/rɪˈdʒekt/
/rɪˈdʒekt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reject | /rɪˈdʒekt/ /rɪˈdʒekt/ |
| he / she / it rejects | /rɪˈdʒekts/ /rɪˈdʒekts/ |
| past simple rejected | /rɪˈdʒektɪd/ /rɪˈdʒektɪd/ |
| past participle rejected | /rɪˈdʒektɪd/ /rɪˈdʒektɪd/ |
| -ing form rejecting | /rɪˈdʒektɪŋ/ /rɪˈdʒektɪŋ/ |
- reject something to refuse to accept or consider something
- to reject an argument/a hypothesis/a notion/a plan
- to reject a claim/an offer/a request/an application
- The bank has the option of accepting or rejecting this offer.
- The prime minister rejected any idea of reforming the system.
- The proposal was firmly rejected.
- School officials flatly rejected the proposal.
- All our suggestions were rejected out of hand.
- The Government rejected calls for an inquiry.
Extra ExamplesTopics Businessb1- 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.
- She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied to Parliament.
- 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject somebody 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.
- Some applicants were rejected outright.
- We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject something to decide not to use, sell, publish, etc. something because its quality is not good enough
- Imperfect articles are rejected by our quality control.
- The book was at first rejected by publishers.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject something (of the body) to not accept a new organ after a transplant operation, by producing substances that attack the organ
- Her body has already rejected two kidneys.
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1, Medicineb1- No one knows why a foetus is not automatically rejected by the mother's immune system.
- The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- decisively
- emphatically
- firmly
- …
- vote to
- be free to
- have the right to
- …
- as
- in favour/favor of
- reject something on… grounds
- reject somebody/something to fail to give a person or an animal enough love or care
- The lioness rejected the smallest cub, which died.
- When her husband left home she felt rejected and useless.
Extra Examples- He was only three when his father left and I think he still feels rejected.
- She was rejected by her family and moved to another town.
argument/idea/plan
somebody for job
not use/publish
new organ
not love
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin reject- ‘thrown back’, from the verb reicere, from re- ‘back’ + jacere ‘to throw’.