- 1reject something to refuse to accept or consider something to reject an argument/a claim/a decision/an offer/a suggestion The boss rejected any idea of reforming the system. The proposal was firmly rejected. All our suggestions were rejected out of hand. someone for job
- 2reject somebody to refuse to accept someone for a job, position, etc. Voters rejected the hard-line candidates. I've been rejected by all the universities I applied to.
- 3reject 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. new organ
- 4reject 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. not love
- 5reject somebody/something 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.
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NAmE//rɪˈdʒɛkt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reject he / she / it rejects
past simple rejected
-ing form rejecting
NAmE//rɪˈdʒɛkʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable] 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 rejectionSee reject in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: reject