to reject a proposal

  • 1proposal — pro‧pos‧al [prəˈpəʊzl ǁ ˈpoʊ ] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] a plan or idea which is suggested formally to an official person, or when this is done: • The President is facing a battle to get Congress to accept his budget proposals. • I made a …

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  • 2proposal — pro|pos|al W1S3 [prəˈpəuzəl US ˈpou ] n 1.) a plan or suggestion which is made formally to an official person or group, or the act of making it →↑propose proposal for ▪ the government s proposals for regulation of the industry proposal to do sth… …

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  • 3proposal — n. 1) to make, present, put forth, put forward a proposal 2) to accept, adopt a proposal 3) to consider, entertain; receive a proposal 4) to kill (colloq.), reject, turn down a proposal 5) a concrete proposal 6) a proposal falls through 7) a… …

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  • 4reject — verb ADVERB ▪ decisively, emphatically, firmly, resoundingly, roundly, soundly, strongly, vehemently, vigorously ▪ Voters emphat …

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  • 5reject — ▪ I. reject re‧ject 2 [ˈriːdʒekt] noun [countable] a product which is not good enough and will be thrown away or sold cheaply: • If the number of rejects exceeds this level, the batch is returned.   [m0] ▪ II. reject re‧ject 1 [rɪˈdʒekt] verb… …

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  • 6reject — I UK [rɪˈdʒekt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms reject : present tense I/you/we/they reject he/she/it rejects present participle rejecting past tense rejected past participle rejected *** 1) a) to not agree to an offer, proposal, or request It… …

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  • 7proposal — noun 1 plan ADJECTIVE ▪ concrete ▪ detailed ▪ draft ▪ Under the draft proposals, the Commission will be significantly strengthened. ▪ controversial …

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  • 8reject — re|ject1 [ rı dʒekt ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to not agree to an offer, proposal, or request: It is almost certain that our offer will be rejected. reject something out of hand (=reject something completely): The administration has rejected the… …

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  • 9reject — ♦♦ rejects, rejecting, rejected (The verb is pronounced [[t]rɪʤe̱kt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ri͟ːʤekt[/t]].) 1) VERB If you reject something such as a proposal, a request, or an offer, you do not accept it or you do not agree to it. [V n] …

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  • 10reject*/*/ — [rɪˈdʒekt] verb [T] I 1) to not accept or agree with something such as an offer or an argument Our proposal was rejected.[/ex] 2) to refuse to accept someone for a job or a course of study 3) to behave in an unkind way to someone who wants… …

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