Eject definition and meaning
Eject definition: If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples
eject
(
ɪdʒ
e
kt
)
Word forms:
3rd person singular present
tense
ejects
,
present participle
ejecting
,
past tense
,
past participle
ejected
1.
verb
eject
someone
from
a place, you force them to leave.
Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.
He was ejected from a restaurant.
ejection
(
ɪdʒ
e
kʃ
ə
n
)
Word forms:
plural
ejections
variable noun
…the ejection of hecklers from the meeting.
2.
verb
He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.
3.
verb
pilot
ejects
from
an aircraft, he or she leaves the aircraft quickly using an
ejector
seat, usually because the
plane
is about to
crash
.
The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.
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eject
in British English
(
ɪˈdʒɛkt
)
verb
1.
(
transitive
)
2.
(
transitive
)
3.
(
transitive
)
4.
(
intransitive
)
5.
(
transitive
)
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ejection
(
eˈjection
)
noun
C15: from Latin
ejicere,
from
jacere
to throw
eject
in American English
(
iˈdʒɛkt
;
ɪdʒɛkt
)
verb transitive
1.
the chimney
ejects
smoke
2.
to
eject
a heckler
verb intransitive
3.
SYNONYMY NOTE:
eject
, the term of broadest application here, implies generally a throwing or casting out
from within
[
to
eject
saliva from the mouth
]
;
expel
suggests a driving out, as by force, specif. a forcing out of a country, organization,
etc., often in disgrace
[expelled
from school
]
;
evict
refers to the forcing out, as of a tenant, by legal procedure; ,
dismiss
, in this connection, refers to the removal of an employee, etc. but does not in itself
suggest the reason for the separation
[dismissed
for incompetence
]
;
oust
implies the getting rid of something undesirable, as by force or the action of law
[
to
oust
corrupt officials
]
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ejectable
(
eˈjectable
)
adjective
ejection
(
eˈjection
)
noun
ejective
(
eˈjective
)
adjective
ejector
(
eˈjector
)
noun
eject
in American English
(
ɪˈdʒekt
)
transitive verb
1.
position
2.
occupancy
3.
property
4.
intransitive verb
5.
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[
1545–55; ‹ L
ējectus
(ptp. of
ējicere
) thrown out, equiv. to
ē-
e-
+
jec-
(comb. form of
jacere
) throw +
-tus
ptp. suffix
]