different between prohibit vs reject

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin prohibeo (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???h?b?t/, /p????h?b?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??h?b?t/, /p???h?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Verb

prohibit (third-person singular simple present prohibits, present participle prohibiting, simple past and past participle prohibited)

1. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

   Synonyms: ban, disallow, forbid, proscribe

   Antonyms: allow, authorize

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prohibit

Related terms

Translations

See also

• interdict
• debar
• prevent
• hinder

Further reading

• prohibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prohibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.i?bit/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.i?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

prohibit (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. forbidden, outlawed

Verb

prohibit m (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. past participle of prohibir

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of prohibi.

Adjective

prohibit m or n (feminine singular prohibit?, masculine plural prohibi?i, feminine and neuter plural prohibite)

1. prohibited

Declension

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin r?iectus, past participle of r?icere (“to throw back”), from r?- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Middle English forwerpen (“to reject”) (from Old English forweorpan), Middle English forcasten (“to reject, throw away”) (from Old Norse forkasta), Middle English skirpen (“to reject, spew out”) (from Old Norse skirpa (“to reject, spit out”)), Middle English wernen (“to refuse, reject”) (from Old English wiernan (“to refuse, reject”)), Middle English withchosen, withchesen (“to reject, choose against”) (from Old English wiþ??osan (“to reject”)).

Pronunciation

• (verb) enPR: r?j?kt?, IPA^(key): /???d??kt/
• (noun) enPR: r??j?kt, IPA^(key): /??i?d??kt/
• Hyphenation: re?ject
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

reject (third-person singular simple present rejects, present participle rejecting, simple past and past participle rejected)

1. (transitive) To refuse to accept.

2. (basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
3. To refuse a romantic advance.

Synonyms

• (refuse to accept): decline, refuse, turn down, repudiate, disown, abnegate, abjure, deny

Antonyms

• (refuse to accept): accept, take up

Translations

Noun

reject (plural rejects)

1. Something that is rejected.
2. (derogatory slang) An unpopular person.
3. (colloquial) a rejected defective product in a production line.
4. (aviation) A rejected takeoff.

Synonyms

• (something that is rejected): castaway
• (an unpopular person): outcast, castaway, alien
• (rejected takeoff): RTO

Related terms

• rejection

Translations