reject
verb [T] /rɪˈdʒekt/Definition
B2 to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone: The appeal was rejected by the High Court. Coin-operated machines in England reject euros. The prime minister rejected the suggestion that it was time for him to resign. I applied for a job as a mechanic in a local garage, but I was rejected (= I was not offered the job). The football coach rejected him for the first team (= he was not offered a place).Refusing and rejecting B2 to not give someone the love and attention they want and are expecting from you: When she was sent to boarding school, she felt as though her parents had rejected her.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive › specialized If your body rejects an organ that has been put in during a medical operation, it fails to accept it and tries to attack and destroy it.Surgery
(Definition of reject verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anesthesia noun
- angioplasty noun
- biopsy noun
- bypass noun (OPERATION)
- cosmetic surgery noun
- excise verb
- general anaesthetic noun
- go under the knife idiom
- graft noun (PIECE)
- graft verb (ADD PIECE)
- harvest verb (BODY PARTS)
- leucotomy noun
- mastectomy noun
- open sb up phrasal verb
- operable adjective (MEDICINE)
- sex change noun
- snip noun (CUT)
- spare-part surgery noun
- stitch sth/sb up phrasal verb
- surgical adjective
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