eject

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: ĭ-jĕktʹ, IPA(key): /ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt ==== Verb ==== eject (third-person singular simple present ejects, present participle ejecting, simple past and past participle ejected) (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour. (usually intransitive) To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine. (intransitive) To come out of a machine. ===== Synonyms ===== (compel (someone) to leave): boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, oust, toss, turf out; see also Thesaurus:kick out (throw out forcefully): throw out (compel (a sports player) to leave the field): kick out, send off (UK), toss (forcefully project (oneself or others) from an aircraft): punch out (cause (something) to come out of a machine): remove (come out of a machine): come out ===== Hypernyms ===== (forcefully project (oneself or others) from an aircraft): bail out ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: ēʹjĕkt, IPA(key): /ˈiː.d͡ʒɛkt/ Rhymes: -iːdʒɛkt ==== Noun ==== eject (countable and uncountable, plural ejects) (psychology, countable) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness === References ===