Collocations for reject - verb
ADVERB
decisively,
emphatically,
firmly,
resoundingly,
roundly,
soundly,
strongly,
vehemently,
vigorously
Voters emphatically rejected the proposals.
She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied.
Voters emphatically rejected the proposals.
She firmly rejected the suggestion that she had lied.
categorically,
completely,
flatly,
unequivocally,
utterly
out of hand, outright, summarily
Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand.
out of hand, outright, summarily
Don't just reject their suggestions out of hand.
overwhelmingly
unanimously
narrowly
Voters narrowly rejected the plan.
unanimously
narrowly
Voters narrowly rejected the plan.
initially
immediately, instantly
quickly
consistently, constantly, repeatedly
eventually, finally, ultimately
We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.
immediately, instantly
quickly
consistently, constantly, repeatedly
eventually, finally, ultimately
We considered offering him the job, but finally rejected him.
deliberately
explicitly, expressly, specifically
The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story.
explicitly, expressly, specifically
The paper expressly rejected charges that it had invented the story.
formally
publicly
automatically
The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.
publicly
automatically
The organs are automatically rejected by the immune system.
rightly
It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected.
It was a badly researched product that consumers rightly rejected.
VERB + reject
vote to
be free to, have the right to
Consumers have the right to reject faulty goods and demand a refund.
be free to, have the right to
Consumers have the right to reject faulty goods and demand a refund.
urge sb to
He urged the committee to reject the plans.
He urged the committee to reject the plans.
PREPOSITION
as
The proposal was rejected as too costly.
The proposal was rejected as too costly.
in favour/favor of
Their design was rejected in favour/favor of one by a rival company.
Their design was rejected in favour/favor of one by a rival company.
Reject is used with these nouns as the subject:
conference, congress, court, judge, parliament, tribunal, union, voter
conference, congress, court, judge, parliament, tribunal, union, voter
Reject is used with these nouns as the object:
accusation, advice, allegation, amendment, apology, appeal, applicant, application, argument, assertion, authority, ban, bid, bill, call, candidate, charge, claim, complaint, compromise, constitution, contention, creed, criticism, deal, demand, doctrine, dogma, excuse, hypothesis, idea, ideology, implication, initiative, interpretation, label, manuscript, motion, move, offer, overture, package, petition, philosophy, plan, plea, practice, proposal, proposition, reasoning, recommendation, religion, report, request, resignation, resolution, scheme, stereotype, submission, suggestion, teaching, theory, thesis, tradition, transplant, treaty, view, violence
accusation, advice, allegation, amendment, apology, appeal, applicant, application, argument, assertion, authority, ban, bid, bill, call, candidate, charge, claim, complaint, compromise, constitution, contention, creed, criticism, deal, demand, doctrine, dogma, excuse, hypothesis, idea, ideology, implication, initiative, interpretation, label, manuscript, motion, move, offer, overture, package, petition, philosophy, plan, plea, practice, proposal, proposition, reasoning, recommendation, religion, report, request, resignation, resolution, scheme, stereotype, submission, suggestion, teaching, theory, thesis, tradition, transplant, treaty, view, violence