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# reject

«reject» in Mova's school dictionary: **to refuse to accept, take or agree to it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (reject, rejects, rejected, rejecting); noun (a reject, rejects)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To reject something is to refuse to accept, take or agree to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#m1)

2) To reject a person is to refuse to include them or to love them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#m2)

3) A reject is something thrown out because it is faulty, or a person who has been turned away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a machine rejects a bent coin; a club may reject an idea. In science a body can reject a transplanted organ. In lessons about friendship pupils learn that being rejected hurts and how to include others. Phrases: «reject an offer», «reject an idea», «feel rejected».

### examples

- The vending machine rejected my old coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x1)
- The class rejected the plan to have no break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x2)
- She felt rejected when nobody picked her for the team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x3)
- The factory throws away rejects with cracks in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x4)
- He rejected the stranger's offer of a lift, which was the safe choice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x5)
- Our story was not rejected; it will be in the magazine! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x6)
- A thousand names were proposed and rejected for a thousand silly reasons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/#x7)

### note

Stress: verb re-JECT, noun RE-ject. Noun of the action: «rejection». Opposite: «accept». It's always fine — and safe — to reject a stranger's offer of sweets or a lift.

### In the corpora

- ["Unsuccessful", in a letter about a job or a place, means rejected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/16/)
- ["We've decided to go in a different direction" means you have been rejected.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/17/)
- [Islamophobia is fear or hatred of Muslims; most Muslims reject violence done in the name of Islam.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/31-islam/16/)
- [Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, He hath also rejected thee from being king.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.407/)
- [Refuse silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.201/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reject» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reject/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.