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Definitions: Eject |
EjectVerb1. Put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom". 2. Eliminate, as of bodily substances. 3. Leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule. 4. Cause to come out in a squirt, of liquids. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "eject" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1608. (references) |
Synonyms: EjectSynonyms: boot out (v), chuck out (v), discharge (v), exclude (v), expel (v), force out (v), kick out (v), release (v), squeeze out (v), squirt (v), throw out (v), turf out (v), turn out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ejection | Eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish; (punish); bounce ; fire, fire out; throw; throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push; throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about; strike off the roll; (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to. |
Relinquishment | Give notice to quit, give warning; supersede; be rid of, get rid of, be quit of, get quit of; eject. |
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Clever | It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Eject at Low Level and Live (1957) | |
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| Swish; swirl; flush; cleanse; douche; drench; eject; expel; flood; hose; inundate; rinse; swab; wash. | |
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Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | As a citizen may not elect what laws he will obey, neither may the Executive eject which he will enforce. |
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| "Eject" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 84.06% of the time. "Eject" is used about 69 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 84.06% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 13.04% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.9% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 69 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "eject": eject from office. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cd eject | 38 |
eject | 34 |
applescript eject | 6 |
eject pilot | 3 |
eject hardware unplug | 3 |
disk eject | 3 |
cd dos eject | 3 |
eject label page | 2 |
eject tape | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "eject"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | nxjerr jashtë (evict, expel, gum up, put out), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring), gufon (boil, erupt, expel, heave, spout, spring, spurt, vomit), derdh (discharge, disgorge, dump, effuse, ejaculate, empty out, escape, found, outpour, pay in, pour, pour off, pour out, reject, run, scatter, shed, slop, spill, strew, tap, tip off, upset). (various references) | |
Arabic | لفظ (articulate, articulation, discharge, ejection, emission, emit, enunciate, enunciation, expel, pronounce, pronunciation, say, spit, vocalization, vocalize), قذف (accuse of, aspersion, calumniate, cast, casting, charge with, defamation, defame, discharge, disgorge, ejaculation, ejectment, emit, expel, extrude, extrusion, fling, libel, malediction, malign, mud, mudslinging, obloquy, pelt, pelt with, pitch, projection, puke, row, scandal, slander, speak evil of, strike with, striking, throw, throw out, throwing, toss, vilify, vituperate, vomit), غرق (deluge, dip, drown, drowning, founder, go under, grub, relapse, shipwright, sink, sinking, submergence, swamp, wreck), طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), أطلق (cast, cast off, divorce, draw, emanate, enlarge, erupt, evolve, fire, generalize, give off, liberate, loose, open, project, relax, release, shoot, slip, speed, spout, toss, touch off, unchain, unlock, utter), أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, encourage, flog, galvanize, give, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отделям (abstract, cull, detach, discharge, disestablish, disjoin, dissever, disunite, educe, eliminate, emit, estrange, evolve, excrete, exhale, extricate, exude, insulate, isolate, lay aside, part, prescind, pry, screen, seclude, secrete, segregate, separate, sequester, set apart, set off, sever, sort, spare, tear away, unfix, unjoin, unyoke), изхвърлям (bounce, cast aside, cast away, detrude, discharge, dump, ejaculate, excrete, expel, out, project, push out, put out, reject, relegate, sack, shoot out, spew, spill, spirt, spurt, throw, throw out, throw up, thrust forth, tip, turf out, vomit, whop), изтласквам (push aside, push out, shove out, vent), изгонвам (cast off, chase, clear off, dispossess, drive away, drive out, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send away, send out, send packing, shoot out, spurn, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn away, turn out), изваждам (abstract, bring on, bring out, deduct, draw, draw out, drive out, excerpt, extract, fetch, fish out, gouge, knock out, lay out, move out, oust, pick, pick up, pull, put out, subduct, subtract, take away, take from, take out, turn up, uncase, unpin, unship, whip out). (various references) | |
Chinese | 抛出 (Ejected, Ejecting). (various references) | |
Czech | vystìhovat (evacuate, throw out), vykázat (expel), vyhodit (blow, cast out, dart off, fire, fling out, sack, throw, throw out, turf out), vyhnat (discomfit, expel, oust, rout, spring, sprout, throw out, turn out), sesadit (depose), katapultovat se (catapult), chrlit (belch, churn out, disgorge, eructate, grind out, gush out, spout). (various references) | |
Farsi | معزول کردن (Depose, Deprive, Recall), دفع کردن (Dispel, Ejaculate, Excrete, Exorcise, Quench, Raise, Repel, Repulse), بیرون انداختن (Bounce, Excrete, Expel, Sputter). (various references) | |
Finnish | pelastautui heittoistuimen avulla (managed to eject his catapult seat). (various references) | |
French | expulser. (various references) | |
German | hinauswerfen (cast out, chuck out, kick out, pitch out, put off, throw out, to throw out, toss out), ausstoßen (banish, bring out, discharge, disgorge, drive out, drop, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, expel, extrude, fetch, fire, give off, gush, heave, jet, jettison, let out, pour forth, produce, puff, puff out, put out, rap out, scream out, send out, spit out, spout, to churn out, to expel, to extrude, to jet, turn out, utter). (various references) | |
Greek | εκβάλλω (bounce, doff, drive out, evict, extrude, oust, put out, take off, utter), εκδιώκω (dislodge, drive out, expel, frighten away, frighten off). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לפלוט (blurt, deliver, disgorge, emit, escape, slip, spew, throw up, vomit), ל"פליט (emit, let slip), ל'רש (drive out, evict, expel, kick out, oust, send packing, throw out, turn out). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elûz (banish, chase away, dispel, oust, put away), kirak (deplane, empty, land, lay out, off-load, pave, put out, set, shore, to disburden, to discharge, to dump, to off-load, to row, to set, to stevedore, to throw off, to unload), kilövell (shot, spirt, spout, to eject, to gush forth, to gush out, to jet, to shoot, to shoot out, to spout, to spurt out, to squirt, to squish), kiad (disburse, disgorge, expend, extradite, flatulence, issue, let, publish, to disgorge, to expend, to extradite, to give out, to issue, to lease out, to pass out, to produce, to rent, to send forth, to surrender). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mengusir (chase, dispel, eveict, expell, extrude, frighten away). (various references) | |
Italian | espellere (discharge, evict, excrete, expel, oust, to disroot, to root out, to unroot). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 立ち退かせる (to eject, to evict). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たちのかせる (to eject, to evict). (various references) | |
Korean | 분출하십시" (squirt). (various references) | |
Manx | tilgey magh (cast forth, ejection), cur magh (board out, deal, delegate, delegation, dispatch, dispensation, dispense, displace, edition, ejection, emission, emit, evacuate, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, exude, issue, lay out, publication, publish, push out, put out, run out, turn out), ceau magh (dismiss, evict, jettison, stream, throw out). (various references) | |
Norwegian | støte ut, fordrive (dispossess, expel). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ejectay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | expulsar (cast out, deport, disbelief, disloyal, eliminate, eviction, expelled, extrusion, kick stand, oust, out, proscribe, repel, scavenge, scour, turn out), exclamação (cheer, exclamation mark, interlace, shout), ejetar, interferência (breakthrough, interference, interferer, interfering signal, jam, jamming, Medea, stoppage). (various references) | |
Romanian | evacua (clear, evacuate, evict, loosen, oust, reject, remove), emite cu forţa, vãrsa (circumfuse, disgorge, effuse, infuse, outpour, pour forth, puke, regorge, shed, spew, spill, spout, tipple, vomit), izgoni (banish, cast off, cast out, chase away, drive away, expel, pack off), arunca flãcãri (belch forth), alunga (banish, bar, cast out, chase away, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, exorcise, exorcize, expel, hound, remove, send away). (various references) | |
Russian | извергать (disgorge, ejaculate, eructate, erupt, excrete, regurgitate, reject, spew, spout). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kapitulirati (capitulate), izbacivati (throw), izbaciti (belch, cut out, delete, dispose, dispose of, jerk, scavenge, throw, throw out, turf out, warp). (various references) | |
Spanish | eyectarse, expulsion del cassette, expulsar (drive out, expel, kick out, oust, out, push out, put out, scavenge, send down, send off, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn out), expeler (expel, expeller), echar (add, affix, blow, blow out, bud, cast, cast up, chuck, chuck out, detrude, draw, drop, fall back, fasten, kick out, lay, order off, order out, oust, post, pour, pump, push out, put, put down as, put forth, put on, put out, send, send away, send forth, send out, shoot, shoot forth, shoot out, sick, tack on, tell off, throw, throw away, throw in, throw on, throw out, throw up, tick off, tip, to cast, toss, toss away, toss over, turf out, turn out), hacer un echar, despedir (abrogate, discard, discharge, dismiss, fire, give notice, give off, give out, order off, pay off, release, sack, see out, send off, send out, shoot off, shoot out, stand off, throw, throw off, throw out, turn away), deshauciar. (various references) | |
Swedish | vräka (dispossess, evict, heave, pelt, throw, toss), stöta ut, kasta ut (expel, kick out, oust, out, throw out, turn out), förvisa (banish, deport, exile, expel, relegate, send away), driva ut (cast out, drive out, expel), avsätta (assign, depose, deposite, dethrone, dismiss, displace, remove, sell, set aside, set off, unfrock, unseat). (various references) | |
Thai | "ี"ตัวออกจากเครื่องบิน (ข"ะฉกเฉิน), "ันออกมา. (various references) | |
Turkish | uçaktan atlamak, kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), fırlatmak (aim, blast off, bung, cast, cast away, catapult, chuck, chuck away, dart, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pelt, project, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, swing, throw, toss, whisk), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references) | |
Ukranian | викидати (abort, belch, cast away, cast up, detrude, obtrude, scrap, throw out), виганяти (banish, boo, boot out, chase, dislodge, dispossess, evict, exclude, exile, expel, oust, proscribe, put out of, send off, throw out, thrust out, turn out), звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, let out, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), проганяти (boo, chase, dismiss, drive, drive away, send away, turn away). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | điều luận ra (inference). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | effuderim, effuderint, effuderis, effuderit, effuderitis, effudero, effuderunt, effudi, effudisti, effudit, effundam, effundant, effundas, effundatis, effundatur, effunde, effundebantque, effundebatur, effundendum, effundens, effundensque, effundent, effundentem, effundentes, effundentium, effunderem, effunderent, effundes, effundet, effundetur, effundi, effundit, effundite, effunditur, effundo, effusa, effusi, effuso, effusorum, effusum, effusus, eicio, eicio, eiectum, expuens, expuentes, expueris, expuerunt, expuit, supereffundentia. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "eject": ejecta, ejectable, ejected, ejecting, ejection, ejections, ejective, ejectives, ejectment, ejectments, ejector, ejectors, ejects. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "eject": deject, reeject, reject. (additional references) | |
Words containing "eject": antirejection, dejecta, dejected, dejectedly, dejectedness, dejectednesses, dejecting, dejection, dejections, dejects, reejected, reejecting, reejects, rejected, rejectee, rejectees, rejecter, rejecters, rejecting, rejectingly, rejection, rejections, rejective, rejector, rejectors, rejects. (additional references) | |
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"Eject" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajet, bject, eejut, ejact, Ejercito, Ejes, ejet, Emec, enject, evect, ject, jict. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "eject" (pronounced ije"kt) |
| 5 | i j e" k t | deject, reject. |
| 4 | -j e" k t | inject, interject, subject. |
| 3 | -e" k t | affect, bedecked, checked, collect, confect, connect, correct, decked, deflect, detect, direct, disaffect, disconnect, disinfect, disrespect, dissect, effect, elect, erect, expect, incorrect, indirect, infect, inflect, inspect, interconnect, intersect, misdirect, necked, neglect, overprotect, perfect, protect, rechecked, recollect, reconnect, redirect, reelect, reflect, reinspect, respect, resurrect, sect, select, suspect, trekked, unchecked, wecht, wrecked. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-j-t" | |
-1 letter: cete, jete. | |
-2 letters: cee, jee, jet, tee. | |
-3 letters: et. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-j-t" | |
+1 letter: deject, ejecta, ejects, reject. | |
+2 letters: dejecta, dejects, ejected, ejector, reeject, rejects. | |
+3 letters: dejected, ejecting, ejection, ejective, ejectors, injected, jacketed, jockette, objected, reejects, reinject, rejacket, rejected, rejectee, rejecter, rejector, reobject. | |
+4 letters: adjective, bijective, dejecting, dejection, disjected, ejaculate, ejectable, ejections, ejectives, ejectment, injective, interject, jockettes, objective, projected, reejected, reinjects, rejackets, rejectees, rejecters, rejecting, rejection, rejective, rejectors, reobjects, subjected, trajected. | |
+5 letters: abjectness, adjectives, bluejacket, cajolement, conjecture, dejectedly, dejections, ejaculated, ejaculates, ejectments, electrojet, injectable, interjects, jacketless, objectives, objectless, projectile, projective, reejecting, reinjected, rejacketed, rejections, reobjected, subjective, surjective. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6A 65 63 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .--- . -.-. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101010 01100101 01100011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E j e c t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006A 0065 0063 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3976716986 |
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