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How to pronounce reject in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms refuse, turn away, turn down
Verb group spurn, turn down, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain


Black people were often rejected by country clubs.
Type Words
Synonyms disapprove
Type of judge, pass judgment, evaluate
Has types deter, deprecate, discourage, object
Derivation rejection, rejective
Type Words
Synonyms refuse, resist
Type of respond, react


His body rejected the liver of the donor.
Type Words
Synonyms decline, pass up, refuse, turn down
Has types dishonour, dishonor, bounce
Verb group turn down, disdain, freeze off, spurn, pooh-pooh, scorn
Derivation rejection
Type Words
Synonyms cull
Type of deciding, decision making
Type Words
Synonyms disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, scorn, spurn, turn down
Type of refuse, decline
Has types repel, snub, rebuff
Verb group refuse, turn away, turn down, decline, pass up
Derivation rejective
Type Words
Synonyms eliminate, rule out, winnow out
Type Words
Type of evaluate, pass judgment, judge
Has types discount, repudiate, disbelieve, reprobate, push aside, brush off, renounce, recuse, brush aside, disregard, disown, ignore, dismiss, discredit
Derivation rejection, rejective


I reject the idea of starting a war.
The journal rejected the student's paper.

Examples of reject

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Doty said the commission could reject the idea of digital billboards altogether.
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In California, a regulator cannot reject premium increases for health insurance.
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However, an overwhelming majority of Muslims living in Germany reject terrorism.
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Most of them do jobs that Koreans reject as too difficult, dirty, and dangerous.
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I reject increasing the state income tax or state sales tax for several reasons.
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Voters would have the power to reject district maps approved by the Legislature.
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The state agency has no authority to reject rates that comply with the standard.
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Libya rebels reject Gadaffi ceasefire as desperate bid to stave off air attacks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Elsewhere, Delta Air Lines workers have voted four times to reject unionization.
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More examples
  • Cull: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality
  • Refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper"
  • Refuse: refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
  • Disapprove: deem wrong or inappropriate; "I disapprove of her child rearing methods"
  • Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
  • Resist: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
  • Reject is a 7 inch Split EP by punk rock band Anti-Flag and ska punk band Against All Authority, released in 1996.
  • The One Piece manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. ...
  • Nimrod is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released through Reprise Records on October 14, 1997. The album entered the Billboard U.S. charts at #10, and achieved double platinum status, although it did not revive Green Day's sales to the level of Dookie. ...