Meaning

4 senses
  1. Something that is rejected.

  2. (derogatory, slang)An unpopular person.

  3. (colloquial)A rejected defective product in a production line.

  4. A rejected takeoff.

More definitions
  • the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality

Examples

437 sentences
  1. I rejected the offer.

    Я відхилив цю пропозицію.

    ruЯ отказался от этого предложения.

    deIch lehnte das Angebot ab.

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  2. My plan was rejected.

    Мій проект було відхилено.

    ruМой план отвергли.

    deMein Plan wurde abgelehnt.

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  3. His application was rejected.

    Його подання було відхилено.

    ruЕго не приняли.

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  4. He rejected our offer.

    Він відхилив нашу пропозицію.

    ruОн отклонил наше предложение.

    deEr hat unser Angebot abgelehnt.

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  5. She rejected my proposal.

    Вона відхилила мою пропозицію.

    ruОна отклонила мое предложение.

    deSie hat meinen Vorschlag abgelehnt.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to th

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin reiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).

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Forms

plural: rejects
Singularreject
Pluralrejects

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
something that is rejected:castaway
an unpopular person:outcastalien
rejected takeoff:RTO
Close in meaning
  • the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality:cull

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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