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rejected

Syllables: re·ject·ed/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪd/

rejected is the simple past and past participle of reject.

Meaning of reject

Verb

reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)

  1. (transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
    • She even rejected my improved offer.
  2. To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
  3. (transitive) To refuse a romantic advance.
    • I've been rejected three times this week.

See all 7 meanings of reject

Words formed from rejected

Phrases with rejected

Questions about rejected

What is rejected the simple past and past participle of?
Rejected is the simple past and past participle of reject.
How do you pronounce rejected?
Rejected is pronounced /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪd/ (US).

Words near rejected in the dictionary

  1. rejectage
  2. rejectamenta
  3. rejectaneous
  4. rejectate
  5. rejectates
  6. rejected
  7. rejected landing
  8. rejected landings
  9. rejected takeoff
  10. rejected takeoffs
  11. rejectedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rejected (page history and authors); reject (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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