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rejecting

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɹiˈdʒɛktɪŋ// UK //ɹɪdʒˈɛktɪŋ// re·ject·ing

v. to refuse to accept, use, or believe something. You do this when you decide that an idea, a gift, or a person is not what you want.

v. to refuse to accept, acknowledge, use, or believe something or someone. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the entity being dismissed.


SIMPLE

The machine is rejecting my credit card.

CONTEXTUAL

The committee is rejecting several applications because they do not meet the basic requirements for the job.

COMPLEX

By rejecting the initial peace treaty, the negotiators signaled that they were prepared for a much longer period of conflict if their core demands remained unmet.

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The verb is transitive and takes a direct object.

Pitfall

He is rejecting to goHe is refusing to goRejecting takes a noun or pronoun as an object; it cannot be followed by an infinitive verb like 'refuse' can.

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