Eject

Pronunciation

• enPR: Ä­-jÄ•ktʹ, IPA: /ɪˈdÊ’É›kt/, /ˈiː.dÊ’É›kt/
• Rhymes: -É›kt

Origin

From Latin Ä“iectus, from e-, combining form of ex- ("out") + iectus, variant form of iactus, perfect passive participle of iacere ("to throw").

Usage notes

The physiological sense always uses pronunciation stressed on the first syllable (IPA: /iː.dʒɛkt/), either pronunciation is used for the other senses.

Full definition of eject

Verb

1. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
• 2012, August 1. Peter Walker and Haroon Siddique in Guardian Unlimited, Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
2. The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
   Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.
3. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
• 2013-06-01, A better waterworks, An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine.
4. In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
5. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
6. (intransitive) To project oneself from an aircraft.
   The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
7. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
   Press that button to eject the video tape.
8. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.
   I can't get this cassette to eject.

Synonyms

• (compel (someone) to leave) boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, toss, turf out, oust
• (throw out forcefully) throw 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

• ejaculate
• ejaculation
• ejecta
• ejectamenta
• ejection
• ejective
• ejectment

Noun

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

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