Definition of 'eject'
Word forms: ejects3rd person singular present tense, ejecting present participle, ejected past tense past participle
1. transitive verb
If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave.
2. transitive verb
To eject something means to remove it or push it out forcefully.
3. intransitive 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.
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Word Frequency
eject in American English
verb transitive
2.
to drive out; evict
to eject a heckler
verb intransitive
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]3.
to be ejected from an aircraft as by means of an ejection seat
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Derived forms
ejectable (eˈjectable)
adjective
ejection (eˈjection)
noun
ejective (eˈjective)
adjective
ejector (eˈjector)
noun
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
SYNONYMS 1–3. oust.5.
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]Word Frequency
eject in British English
verb
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Derived forms
ejection (eˈjection) noun
Word origin
C15: from Latin ejicere, from jacere to throw
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VERB /ɪˈdʒɛkt/
If you eject someone from a place, you force them to leave.
Officials used guard dogs to eject the protesters.
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