Meanings
eject1
present singular third person ejects · participle present ejecting · participle past ejected · past ejected
- transitiveTo compel (a person or persons) to leave.
The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
3 more examples
Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent.
In one case at least the land on which a station was built seems to have been rented, as it is recorded that in November, 1868, a certain Mr. Rice Thomas threatened to eject the Carnarvonshire Railway from its Pant [Pant Glas] Station for non-payment of rent!
1958 September 28, J. M. Dunn, “The Afonwen Line—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 595Four 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.
2012 August 1, Peter Walker, Haroon Siddique, “Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2024 - transitiveTo throw out or remove forcefully.
In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
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The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
1958 February 28, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93An 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.
2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 5 (Technology Quarterly)Synonyms: throw out
- intransitiveusuallyTo forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
1 more example
As the crippled jet spiralled down, the pilot pulled the escape handle, ejecting first his rear-seater, then himself.
Synonyms: punch out
- transitiveTo cause (something) to come out of a machine.
Press that button to eject the video tape.
- transitiveby analogycomputingTo unmount (a drive).
eject2
plural ejects
- countablehuman sciencesan inferred object of someone else's consciousness
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo throw out or remove forcefully.
verbTo compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
verbTo forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
verbTo come out of a machine.
compel (someone) to leave
cause (something) to come out of a machine
More synonyms by meaning
verbput out or expel from a place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
eject · verb
- Latinēiectus
- Middle Frenchéjecter
- Englisheject
From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →eject · noun
- Latinēiectum“(that which is) thrown out”
- Englisheject
From Latin ēiectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ēiciō (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject and object.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐξωθέω
- ἐξωθέω (exōthéō)to throw out forcefully
Arabic قَذَفَ نَفْسَهُ
- قَذَفَ نَفْسَهُ (qaḏafa nafsahu)to project oneself from an aircraft
Bulgarian изгонвам, катапултирам
- изгонвам (izgonvam)to compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- катапултирам (katapultiram)to project oneself from an aircraft
- изгонвам (izgonvam)to compel to leave
- изпускам (izpuskam)to cause to come out of a machine
Catalan ejectar, expulsar
- ejectarto throw out forcefully
- expulsarto compel to leave
Chinese Mandarin 彈出 /弹出, 逐出
- 彈出 /弹出 (tánchū)to come out of a machine
- 逐出 (zhúchū)to compel to leave
- 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú)to compel to leave
- 排除 (páichú)to cause to come out of a machine
Czech vyhodit, vymrštit
- vyhoditto throw out forcefully
- vymrštitto throw out forcefully
- vyhoditto compel to leave
- vysunoutto cause to come out of a machine
Danish skyde ud, bortvise
- skyde udto project oneself from an aircraft
- bortviseto compel to leave
- udviseto compel to leave
- skubbe udto cause to come out of a machine
Dutch eruitgooien, eruittrappen
- eruitgooiento throw out forcefully
- eruittrappento throw out forcefully
- buitengooiento compel to leave
- wegsturento compel to leave
Esperanto elĵeti
- elĵetito throw out forcefully
Finnish heittää ulos, lentää ulos
- heittää ulosto throw out forcefully
- lentää ulosto throw out forcefully
- poistaa kentältäto compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- ajaa ulosto compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- laukaista heittoistuinto project oneself from an aircraft
- pelastautua heittoistuimellato project oneself from an aircraft
- poistuato come out of a machine
- tulla ulosto come out of a machine
- poistaato compel to leave
- heittää ulosto compel to leave
- häätääto compel to leave
- poistaato cause to come out of a machine
French éjecter, expulser
- éjecterto throw out forcefully
- expulserto throw out forcefully
- éjecterto compel to leave
- expulserto compel to leave
German rauswerfen, katapultieren
- rauswerfento throw out forcefully
- katapultierento project oneself from an aircraft
- auswerfento compel to leave
- ausweisento compel to leave
- ausstoßento cause to come out of a machine
Greek βγάζω
- βγάζω (vgázo)to compel to leave
Hungarian katapultál
- katapultálto project oneself from an aircraft
Japanese イジェクトする, 立ち退かせる
- イジェクトする (ijekuto suru)to come out of a machine
- 立ち退かせる (tachinokaseru)to compel to leave
- 追い出す (oidasu)to compel to leave
- イジェクトする (ijekuto suru)to cause to come out of a machine
- 取り出す (toridasu)to cause to come out of a machine
Māori tuha, tuwha
- tuhato come out of a machine
- tuwhato come out of a machine
- tu(w)hato cause to come out of a machine
Polish katapultować się, wysuwać się
- katapultować sięto project oneself from an aircraft
- wysuwać sięto come out of a machine
- wysunąć sięto come out of a machine
- wyrzucaćto compel to leave
- wyrzucićto compel to leave
- wysuwaćto cause to come out of a machine
- wysunąćto cause to come out of a machine
Portuguese ejetar, ejetar
- ejetarto throw out forcefully
- ejetarto project oneself from an aircraft
- ejetarto come out of a machine
- expulsarto compel to leave
- ejetarto cause to come out of a machine
Romanian ejecta, expulza
- ejectato compel to leave
- expulzato compel to leave
Russian выгоня́ть, вы́гнать
- выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ)to throw out forcefully
- вы́гнать (výgnatʹ)to throw out forcefully
- прогоня́ть (progonjátʹ)to throw out forcefully
- прогна́ть (prognátʹ)to throw out forcefully
- изгоня́ть (izgonjátʹ)to compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- изгна́ть (izgnátʹ)to compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- выгоня́ть (vygonjátʹ)to compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- вы́гнать (výgnatʹ)to compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- катапульти́роваться (katapulʹtírovatʹsja)to project oneself from an aircraft
- выта́лкиваться (vytálkivatʹsja)to come out of a machine
- вы́толкнуться (výtolknutʹsja)to come out of a machine
- выки́дываться (vykídyvatʹsja)to come out of a machine
Spanish eyectar, eyectarse
- eyectarto throw out forcefully
- eyectarseto project oneself from an aircraft
- expulsarto compel to leave
Swedish kasta ut, slunga ut
- kasta utto throw out forcefully
- slunga utto throw out forcefully
- utvisato compel (a sports player) to leave the field
- skjuta utto project oneself from an aircraft
- matas utto come out of a machine
- avhysato compel to leave
- förvisato compel to leave
- avvisato compel to leave
- mata utto cause to come out of a machine
Vietnamese phun
- phunto throw out forcefully
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with eject
Cite this entry
eject. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eject
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