reject a motion

/rɪˈdʒekt ə ˈməʊʃən/

verb phrase

  1. To officially decide, usually by voting, not to accept a formal proposal made at a meeting or in a legal proceeding.

    B2

    transitive; usually used with a specific motionformal

    • "The committee rejected a motion to change the meeting time."B1
    • "Parliament rejected the motion after a lengthy debate."B2
    • "The motion was rejected by a narrow margin."C1
    • "The judge rejected a motion requesting that the evidence be excluded."C1

Common mistakes

  • reject on a motion→reject a motion

    Reject is normally used directly with the object.

Collocations

propose a motionpass a motionvote on a motionreject a motionreject a proposalvote against a motionmotion to amend

Word family

rejectrejectionrejected