Definition
Meaning of 'reject'
Meaning of 'reject' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Reject 
[ v. t.]
- To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. [ v. t.]- To refuse to receive or to acknowledge; to decline haughtily or harshly; to repudiate.
- To refuse to grant; as, to reject a prayer or request.
Meaning of 'reject' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. reject [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- refuse to accept
- refuse to accept
Example in sentence:
- He refused my offer of hospitality
Meaning (2):
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
- resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
Example in sentence:
- His body rejected the liver of the donor
Meaning (3):
- deem wrong or inappropriate
- deem wrong or inappropriate
Example in sentence:
- I disapprove of her child rearing methods
Meaning (4):
- refuse to accept or acknowledge
- refuse to accept or acknowledge
Example in sentence:
- I reject the idea of starting a war;
- The journal rejected the student's paper
Meaning (5):
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
- dismiss from consideration or a contest
Example in sentence:
- John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi;
- This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Meaning (6):
- reject with contempt
- reject with contempt
Example in sentence:
- She spurned his advances
Meaning (7):
- refuse entrance or membership
- refuse entrance or membership
Example in sentence:
- Black people were often rejected by country clubs;
- They turned away hundreds of fans
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