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Meaning of 'eject' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Eject [ v. t.]
- To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language.
- To cast out; to evict; to dispossess; as, to eject tenants from an estate.

Meaning of 'eject' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . eject [ v]
Meaning (1):
- eliminate (a substance)
Example in sentence:
  • combustion products are exhausted in the engine;
  • the plant releases a gas
Meaning (2):
- cause to come out in a squirt
Example in sentence:
  • the boy squirted water at his little sister
Meaning (3):
- put out or expel from a place
Example in sentence:
  • The unruly student was excluded from the game

Nearby Words:

ejected ejecting ejection ejectment ejector

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  • Disparate Rejection Rates
    A test for adverse impact in which it can be demonstrated that there is a discrimination between rates of rejection of members of a protected group and of others.

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