Eject

English

Etymology

Latin e-, ex-, out + iactus, perfect passive participle of iacere, to throw

Pronunciation

• (verb, noun: button): ĭ-jĕktʹ, /ɪˈdʒɛkt/, /I"dZEkt/
• (noun: psychological sense): ēʹjĕkt, /ˈiːdʒɛkt/, /"i:dZEkt/
• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Verb

Infinitive to Eject

Third person singular -

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle -

to Eject (third-person singular simple present -, present participle -, simple past and past participle -)

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.

2. (transitive) To be thrown out violently.

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

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

   Press that button to eject the video tape.

5. (intransitive) To project oneself from an aircraft.

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

6. (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

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

Translations

compel to leave

Czech: vyhodit cs(cs) Finnish: poistaa fi(fi), häätää fi(fi)

Kurdish: ده‌رپه‌ڕین

be thrown out violently

Czech: vyhodit cs(cs), vymrštit cs(cs) Finnish: lentää ulos

Portuguese: ejetar pt(pt)

compel (a sports player) to leave the field

Finnish: poistaa kentältä

cause (something) to come out of a machine

Czech: vysunout cs(cs)

Finnish: poistaa fi(fi)

project oneself from an aircraft

Finnish: laukaista heittoistuin Hungarian: katapultál hu(hu)

Portuguese: ejetar pt(pt)

come out of a machine

Finnish: poistua, tulla ulos

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

Singular Eject

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

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