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e·ject

(ĭ-jĕkt′)

v. e·ject·ed, e·ject·ing, e·jects

v.tr.

1. To throw out forcefully; expel: The burning house ejected yellow flames into the night sky.

a. To compel to leave: ejected the bar patron who started a fight.

b. To evict: ejected tenants for lease violations.

3. Sports To disqualify or force (a player or coach) to leave the playing area for the remainder of a game.

a. To cause a device to push (something) out: I ejected the DVD from the player using the remote control.

b. To push (something) out: The console ejected the video game.

v.intr.

To make an emergency exit from an aircraft by deployment of an ejection seat or capsule.

[Middle English ejecten, from Latin ēicere, ēiect- : ē-, ex-, ex- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.]

e·ject′a·ble adj.

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eject

(ɪˈdʒɛkt)

1. (tr) to drive or force out; expel or emit

2. (tr) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess

3. (tr) to dismiss, as from office

4. (Aeronautics) (intr) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule

5. (Psychiatry) (tr) psychiatry to attribute (one's own motivations and characteristics) to others

[C15: from Latin ejicere, from jacere to throw]

eˈjection n

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e•ject

(ɪˈdʒɛkt)

v.t.

1. to drive or force out; expel.

2. to dismiss, as from office.

3. to evict.

4. to throw out or throw off.

v.i.

5. to propel oneself from a disabled airplane, esp. by an ejection seat.

[1545–55; < Latin ējectus, past participle of ēicere to throw out]

e•ject′a•ble, adj.

e•jec′tion, n.

eject

Past participle: ejected
Gerund: ejecting

Imperative
eject
eject

Present
I eject
you eject
he/she/it ejects
we eject
you eject
they eject

Preterite
I ejected
you ejected
he/she/it ejected
we ejected
you ejected
they ejected

Present Continuous
I am ejecting
you are ejecting
he/she/it is ejecting
we are ejecting
you are ejecting
they are ejecting

Present Perfect
I have ejected
you have ejected
he/she/it has ejected
we have ejected
you have ejected
they have ejected

Past Continuous
I was ejecting
you were ejecting
he/she/it was ejecting
we were ejecting
you were ejecting
they were ejecting

Past Perfect
I had ejected
you had ejected
he/she/it had ejected
we had ejected
you had ejected
they had ejected

Future
I will eject
you will eject
he/she/it will eject
we will eject
you will eject
they will eject

Future Perfect
I will have ejected
you will have ejected
he/she/it will have ejected
we will have ejected
you will have ejected
they will have ejected

Future Continuous
I will be ejecting
you will be ejecting
he/she/it will be ejecting
we will be ejecting
you will be ejecting
they will be ejecting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been ejecting
you have been ejecting
he/she/it has been ejecting
we have been ejecting
you have been ejecting
they have been ejecting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been ejecting
you will have been ejecting
he/she/it will have been ejecting
we will have been ejecting
you will have been ejecting
they will have been ejecting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been ejecting
you had been ejecting
he/she/it had been ejecting
we had been ejecting
you had been ejecting
they had been ejecting

Conditional
I would eject
you would eject
he/she/it would eject
we would eject
you would eject
they would eject

Past Conditional
I would have ejected
you would have ejected
he/she/it would have ejected
we would have ejected
you would have ejected
they would have ejected

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Verb	1.	eject - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out evict, force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." show the door - ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" exorcise, exorcize - expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits" expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
	2.	eject - eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" expel, release, exhaust, discharge cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out - discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth blow - free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose" abort - terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion ovulate - produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month" egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone" bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood - lose blood from one's body eruct, spew out, spew - eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" fester, suppurate, maturate - ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" emit, pass off, breathe - expel (gases or odors)
	3.	eject - leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule exit, get out, go out, leave - move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"
	4.	eject - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister" squirt, force out, squeeze out spritz - eject (a liquid) quickly; "spritz water on a surface" extravasate - force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel discharge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"

eject

verb

1. throw out, remove, turn out, expel (slang), exile, oust, banish, deport, drive out, evict, boot out (informal), force to leave, chuck out (informal), bounce, turf out (informal), give the bum's rush (slang), show someone the door, throw someone out on their ear (informal) He was forcibly ejected from the restaurant.

2. dismiss, sack (informal), fire (informal), remove, get rid of, discharge, expel, throw out, oust, kick out (informal), give someone their P45 (informal) He was ejected from his first job for persistent latecoming.

3. discharge, expel, emit, give off He fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.

4. bail out, escape, get out The pilot ejected from the plane and escaped injury.

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eject

verb

1. To send forth (confined matter) violently:

belch, disgorge, eruct, erupt, expel, spew.

Geology: extravasate.

2. To put out by force:

bump, dismiss, evict, expel, oust, throw out.

Informal: chuck.

Slang: boot (out), bounce, kick out.

Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone the heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear.

3. To catapult oneself from a disabled aircraft:

bail out, jump.

Translations

يُخْرِج، يَطْرُديَقْذِفُ من الطّائِرَه

bortvisesmide ud

den Schleudersitz betätigen hinauswerfen

arrojar expulsar

häätääpoistaa

éjecter évincer expulser

katapultál

reka/henda/bera útskjóta sér út

espellere

išmetimaskatapultavimasiskatapultuotis

izdzītizliktkatapultēties

bli kastet ut kaste ut skyte ut slynge ut

ejetar

atlamak atmakfırlamak

弹出飞行员因紧急情况从机舱座位弹出驱逐

eject

[ɪˈdʒekt]

A. VT (Aer, Tech) [+ bomb, flames] → expulsar; [+ cartridge] → expulsar, eyectar; [+ troublemaker] → echar; [+ tenant] → desahuciar

B. VI [pilot] → eyectarse

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eject

[ɪˈdʒɛkt]

(= force to leave) [+ person] → expulser
to eject sb from → expulser qn de

(= remove) [+ part, cartridge] → éjecter

to eject sth into (= throw) → projeter qch dans

vi [pilot] → s'éjecter
to eject from a plane → s'éjecter d'un avion

eject

(= throw out) heckler, tenant → hinauswerfen

cartridge → auswerfen; (Tech) → ausstoßen, auswerfen; pilot → herausschleudern

vi (pilot) → den Schleudersitz betätigen

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eject

[ɪˈdʒɛkt]

1. vt (Tech) → sganciare, eiettare; (flames) → emettere; (cartridge) → espellere; (troublemaker) → espellere, allontanare

2. vi (pilot) → catapultarsi

eject

(iˈdʒekt) verb

1. to throw out with force; to force to leave. They were ejected from their house for not paying the rent.

2. to leave an aircraft in an emergency by causing one's seat to be ejected. The pilot had to eject when his plane caught fire.

eˈjection (-ʃən) noun

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