English

Etymology
L. e-, ex-, out + iactus, perfect passive participle of iacere, to throw

Pronunciation
(verb, noun: button): ĭ-j�ktʹ, /ɪ�d��kt/, /<tt>I"dZEkt</tt>/
(noun: psychological sense): �ʹj�kt, /�i�d��kt/, /<tt>"i:dZEkt</tt>/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�kt|-�kt

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To force (a person or persons) to leave.

#:The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
#:Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.

1. transitive To be thrown out violently.

#: In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.

1. US transitive To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
2. transitive To cause (something) to come out of a machine.

#:Press that button to eject the video tape.

1. intransitive To project oneself from an aircraft.

#:The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.

1. intransitive To come out of a machine.

#:I can't get this cassette to eject.

Synonyms
(force (a person or persons) to leave): boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, oust, throw out
(be thrown out violently): be forced out, be hurled out, be thrown out, be projected out
(compel (a sports player) to leave the field): send off (UK)
(cause (something) to come out of a machine):
(project oneself from an aircraft): bail out
(come out of a machine): come out

Derived terms
ejectable
ejector

Related terms
ejecta
ejectamenta
ejection
ejective
ejectment

Translations
trans-top|compel to leave
Finnish: poistaa, häätää
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Kurdish: KUchar|د��رپ�����
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trans-top|be thrown out violently
Finnish: lentää ulos
Portuguese: ejetar
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trans-top|compel (a sports player) to leave the field
Finnish: poistaa kenttä|kentältä
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trans-top|cause (something) to come out of a machine
Finnish: poistaa
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trans-top|project oneself from an aircraft
Finnish: laukaista heittoistuin
Portuguese: ejetar
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trans-top|come out of a machine
Finnish: poistua, tulla ulos
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Noun
eject (not used in the plural)

1. A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.

#:When the tape stops, press eject.

Usage notes
Eject in this sense is used without an article, and is often capitalised ("press EJECT") as it is marked on many such buttons, or enclosed in quotation marks ("press 'eject' ").

Noun
en-noun

1. psychology (by analogy with subject and object) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Category:English ergative verbs
Category:English heteronyms

de:eject
fr:eject
io:eject
it:eject
ru:eject
ta:eject
te:eject
vi:eject
zh:eject

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