Ejected vs Ejectee - What's the difference?
ejected | ejectee |
(eject)
To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
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To throw out or remove forcefully.
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(US) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
To project oneself from an aircraft.
To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
To come out of a machine.
A button on a machine that causes something to be ejected from the machine.
(psychology) (by analogy with subject and object ) an inferred object of someone else's consciousness
English ergative verbs
English heteronyms
As a verb ejected
is past tense of eject.As a noun ejectee is
a person who, or thing that is ejected.ejected
English
Verb
(head)eject
English
Usage notes
The physiological sense always uses pronunciation stressed on the first syllable (), either pronunciation is used for the other senses.Verb
(en verb)Eight Olympic badminton players disqualified for 'throwing games'
- Four 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.
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Synonyms
* boot out, discharge, dismiss, drive out, evict, expel, kick out, toss, turf out, oust * (throw out forcefully) throw out * send off (UK ) * * (project oneself from an aircraft) bail out * (come out of a machine) come outDerived terms
* ejectable * ejectorNoun
eject (not used in the plural )- When the tape stops, press eject.