English Explanatory Dictionary

eject

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
  3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  4. To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
  5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  6. To unmount (a drive).
  7. To come out of a machine.
noun
  1. an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Pronunciation

ĭ-jĕktʹ /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ en-us-eject.ogg ēʹjĕkt /ˈiː.d͡ʒɛkt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-eject2.wav

Word forms

eject ejects ejecting ejected

Etymology

From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).

Synonyms

boot out discharge dismiss drive out evict expel kick out oust toss turf out remove throw out send off punch out come out

Related words

ejaculate ejaculation ejecta ejectamenta ejection ejective ejectment

Derived words

ejectability ejectable ejectee ejectile ejection ejector ejectosome reeject unejected

Translations

Bulgarian: изгонвам Bulgarian: изпускам Catalan: expulsar Chinese Mandarin: 逐出 Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 Chinese Mandarin: 排除 Czech: vyhodit Czech: vysunout Danish: bortvise Danish: udvise Danish: skubbe ud Dutch: buitengooien Finnish: poistaa Finnish: heittää ulos Finnish: häätää Finnish: saada ulos French: éjecter French: expulser German: auswerfen German: ausweisen German: ausstoßen Greek: βγάζω Japanese: 立ち退かせる Japanese: 追い出す Japanese: イジェクトする Japanese: 取り出す Central Kurdish: دەرپەڕین Macedonian: истерува Macedonian: истера Occitan: expulsar Polish: wyrzucać Polish: wyrzucić Polish: wysuwać Polish: wysunąć Portuguese: expulsar Portuguese: ejetar Romanian: ejecta Romanian: expulza Russian: выгоня́ть Russian: вы́гнать Russian: прогоня́ть Russian: прогна́ть Russian: изгоня́ть Russian: изгна́ть Russian: выта́лкивать Russian: вы́толкнуть Russian: выки́дывать Russian: вы́кинуть Russian: выбра́сывать Russian: вы́бросить Spanish: expulsar Swedish: avhysa Swedish: förvisa Swedish: avvisa Swedish: mata ut Māori: tu(w)ha
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