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REFUSE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering. decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations. refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for.
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REFUSE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Refuse definition: to decline to accept (something offered).. See examples of REFUSE used in a sentence.
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REFUSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
He asked me to give him another loan, but I refused. He's in trouble but he's refused all (my offers of) help. [ + to infinitive ] On cold mornings the car always refuses to start. [ + two objects ] The local council refused him planning permission to build an extra bedroom.
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REFUSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
Refuse consists of the rubbish and all the things that are not wanted in a house, shop, or factory, and that are regularly thrown away; used mainly in official language. The District Council made a weekly collection of refuse. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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Refuse - definition of refuse by The Free Dictionary
To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow: She was refused admittance. He refused treatment. b. To indicate unwillingness (to do something): refused to leave. 2. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse. To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
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refuse1 verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes ...
Definition of refuse1 verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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refuse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
refuse (third-person singular simple present refuses, present participle refusing, simple past and past participle refused) To fuse again, as with, or after, heating or melting.
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refuses - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
Refuse, decline, reject, spurn all imply nonacceptance of something. To decline is milder and more courteous than to refuse, which is direct and often emphatic in expressing determination not to accept what is offered or proposed: to refuse a bribe; to decline an invitation.
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refuse, refusing, refuses, refused- WordWeb dictionary definition
Derived forms: refusing, refuses, refused Type of: elude, escape, evaluate, hold on, judge, keep, pass judgment, react, reply, respond, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
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REFUSES Synonyms: 125 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster
Synonyms for REFUSES: denies, rejects, declines, withholds, disapproves, disallows, forbids, nixes; Antonyms of REFUSES: lets, permits, allows, concedes, provides, gives, grants, affords