reject Význam & definícia

Význam reject v slovenčine

• 0 to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone:

  • The appeal was rejected by the 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 coach rejected him for the first team (= he was not offered a place).

  • When she was sent to boarding school, she felt as though her parents had rejected her.

• 1 a product that is damaged or not perfectly made

  • He considered himself to be one of life's rejects.

• 2 to refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone:

  • The school rejects a third of all applicants.

  • As a child, she had felt rejected by her mother.

• 3 a damaged or faulty object, or a person who has had many jobs because of not being successful at any of them:

  • In desperation the hockey team picked up a 35-year-old reject as a backup goalie.

• 4 to refuse to accept an idea, suggestion, etc.:

  • The committee will decide whether to accept or reject the offer.

  • reject a suggestion/proposal/argument

  • reject a claim/criticism/allegation

  • reject sth as sth The board rejected the idea as being too risky.

• 5 to decide not to choose someone for a job or for a place on a course of study, etc.:

  • We rejected ten candidates in the first round of interviews.

  • 25% of applicants are rejected because of lack of experience.

• 6 to decide that goods cannot be accepted because they are of low quality:

  • Three shipments of beans were rejected because they had traces of illegal pesticides.

• 7 something that cannot be accepted because it is of low quality:

  • a factory reject

  • Most of the crowd control drugs tested by the US military were rejects from the pharmaceutical industry.