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- pronunciation:
- rih
jekt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
rejects, rejecting, rejected |
| definition: |
to refuse to take, approve, or believe.
She rejected his offer.To be an original thinker, you must often reject old ideas.
- synonyms:
- disown, refuse
- antonyms:
- accept, acknowledge, admit, adopt, choose, grant, pass, pick
- similar words:
- boycott, decline, dismiss, disregard
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| related words: |
banish, deny, desert, discard, dispose of, exclude, oppose, rule out, scrap, ward |
adverb + (v.)reject
actively, angrily, consciously, consistently, explicitly, formally, initially, repeatedly, soundly, totally, unanimously
(v.)reject
+ adverb
altogether, outright
(v.)reject
+ noun
accusation,
advance,
advice,
amendment,
appeal,
applicant,
application,
argument,
assumption,
attempt,
ban,
bid,
claim,
compromise,
criticism,
demand,
doctrine,
hypothesis,
idea,
interpretation,
label,
lease,
manuscript,
nomination,
nominee,
notion,
offer,
overture,
peer,
petition,
plan,
plea,
premise,
proposal,
proposition,
recommendation,
request,
resolution,
socialism,
suggestion,
treaty
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| derivation: |
rejecter (n.) |
The word reject
contains the following part:
ject, jet, jac
Latin
root
that means throw; lie
  Example words:
adjacent, adjective, eject, inject, injection, interjection, jet, jettison, object, objective, project, projectile, projection, reject, subject
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