different between exclude vs reject

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excl?d?, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claud? (“close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?klu?d/
• Hyphenation: ex?clude
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)

1. (transitive) To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
2. (transitive) To expel; to put out.

   to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs

3. (transitive) To omit from consideration.

   Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.

4. (transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
5. (transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Synonyms

• (bar from entering): debar, forbar, turn away; see also Thesaurus:shut out
• (expel): eject, throw out, turf out; see also Thesaurus:kick out
• (omit from consideration): omit; see also Thesaurus:omit

Antonyms

• include

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

excl?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of excl?d?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excludere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eks?klude/

Verb

a exclude (third-person singular present exclude, past participle exclus) 3rd conj.

1. to exclude

   Antonym: include

Conjugation

Derived terms

• excludere

Related terms

• exclus
• exclusiv
• excluziune

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin r?iectus, past participle of r?icere (“to throw back”), from r?- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (“to reject”) (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (“to reject, throw away”) (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (“to reject, spew out”) (from Old Norse skirpa (“to reject, spit out”)), Middle English wernen (“to refuse, reject”) (from Old English wiernan (“to refuse, reject”)), Middle English withchosen, withchesen (“to reject, choose against”) (from Old English wiþ??osan (“to reject”)).

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: r?j?kt?, IPA^(key): /???d??kt/
• (noun) enPR: r??j?kt, IPA^(key): /??i?d??kt/
• Hyphenation: re?ject
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To refuse to accept.

2. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. To refuse a romantic advance.

Synonyms

• (refuse to accept): decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

Antonyms

• (refuse to accept): accept, take up

Translations

Noun

reject (plural rejects)

1. Something that is rejected.
2. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
3. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line.
4. (aviation) A rejected takeoff.

Synonyms

• (something that is rejected): castaway
• (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
• (rejected takeoff): RTO

Related terms

• rejection

Translations