Eject definition and meaning

Eject definition: If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave. | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

Word Frequency


eject


(


ɪdʒ

e

kt



)

Word forms:


3rd person singular present
tense


ejects


,


present participle


ejecting


,


past tense



,

past participle


ejected


1.


verb

If you

eject

someone

from

a place, you force them to leave.


Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.


He was ejected from a restaurant.

Synonyms:


throw out

,

remove

,

turn out

,

expel


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eject


ejection


(


ɪdʒ

e



ə

n



)

Word forms:


plural


ejections


variable noun


…the ejection of hecklers from the meeting.

Synonyms:


emission

,

throwing out

,

expulsion

,

spouting


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eject

Synonyms:


dismissal

,


sacking



[

informal

]

,


firing



[

informal

]

,

removal


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eject


2.


verb

To

eject

something

means

to

remove

it or

push

it out forcefully.


He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.


3.


verb

When a

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


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eject

Word Frequency


eject


in British English


(


ɪˈdʒɛkt



)


verb


1.



(

transitive

)


2.



(

transitive

)


3.



(

transitive

)

to

dismiss

, as from

office


4.



(

intransitive

)

to leave an

aircraft

rapidly, using an ejection

seat

or

capsule


5.



(

transitive

)



psychiatry

to

attribute

(one’s own

motivations

and

characteristics

) to others

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Derived forms



ejection


(

eˈjection

)


noun

Word origin

C15: from Latin

ejicere,

from

jacere

to throw

Word Frequency


eject


in American English


(


iˈdʒɛkt




;

ɪdʒɛkt



)


verb transitive


1.

to

throw

out;

cast

out; expel; emit;

discharge


the chimney

ejects

smoke


2.

to drive out; evict


to

eject

a heckler


verb intransitive


3.

to be ejected from an aircraft as by means of an ejection seat



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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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Derived forms



ejectable


(

eˈjectable

)


adjective



ejection


(

eˈjection

)


noun



ejective


(

eˈjective

)


adjective



ejector


(

eˈjector

)


noun

Word origin

< L

ejectus

, pp. of

ejicere

, to throw out <

e-

, out (see

ex-

1


) +

jacere

, to throw (see

jet

1


)

Word Frequency


eject


in American English


(


ɪˈdʒekt


)


transitive verb


1.

to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or

position
The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting


2.

to dismiss, as from office or

occupancy


3.

to evict, as from

property


4.

to throw out, as from within; throw off


intransitive verb


5.

to

propel

oneself from a

damaged

or

malfunctioning


airplane

, as by an ejection seat
When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected
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Word origin


[

1545–55; ‹ L

ējectus

(ptp. of

ējicere

) thrown out, equiv. to

ē-


e-

+

jec-

(comb. form of

jacere

) throw +

-tus

ptp. suffix

]

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