Meaning of "refuse" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REFUSE

From Old French refuser, from Latin refundere to pour back.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REFUSE

refuse  [rɪˈfjuːz]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REFUSE

Refuse is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb refuse in English.

WHAT DOES REFUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Waste

Waste and wastes are terms for unwanted materials. Examples include municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, wastewater, radioactive waste, and others. The term is often subjective and sometimes objectively inaccurate. The terms can have various connotations, including pejorative tone or a squandering of potential. Litter refers to waste disposed of improperly.

Definition of refuse in the English dictionary

The first definition of refuse in the dictionary is to decline to accept. Other definition of refuse is to decline to give or grant to. Refuse is also to express determination not ; decline.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REFUSE

PRESENT

Present

I refuse

you refuse

he/she/it refuses

we refuse

you refuse

they refuse

Present continuous

I am refusing

you are refusing

he/she/it is refusing

we are refusing

you are refusing

they are refusing

Present perfect

I have refused

you have refused

he/she/it has refused

we have refused

you have refused

they have refused

Present perfect continuous

I have been refusing

you have been refusing

he/she/it has been refusing

we have been refusing

you have been refusing

they have been refusing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I refused

you refused

he/she/it refused

we refused

you refused

they refused

Past continuous

I was refusing

you were refusing

he/she/it was refusing

we were refusing

you were refusing

they were refusing

Past perfect

I had refused

you had refused

he/she/it had refused

we had refused

you had refused

they had refused

Past perfect continuous

I had been refusing

you had been refusing

he/she/it had been refusing

we had been refusing

you had been refusing

they had been refusing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will refuse

you will refuse

he/she/it will refuse

we will refuse

you will refuse

they will refuse

Future continuous

I will be refusing

you will be refusing

he/she/it will be refusing

we will be refusing

you will be refusing

they will be refusing

Future perfect

I will have refused

you will have refused

he/she/it will have refused

we will have refused

you will have refused

they will have refused

Future perfect continuous

I will have been refusing

you will have been refusing

he/she/it will have been refusing

we will have been refusing

you will have been refusing

they will have been refusing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would refuse

you would refuse

he/she/it would refuse

we would refuse

you would refuse

they would refuse

Conditional continuous

I would be refusing

you would be refusing

he/she/it would be refusing

we would be refusing

you would be refusing

they would be refusing

Conditional perfect

I would have refuse

you would have refuse

he/she/it would have refuse

we would have refuse

you would have refuse

they would have refuse

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been refusing

you would have been refusing

he/she/it would have been refusing

we would have been refusing

you would have been refusing

they would have been refusing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you refuse
we let´s refuse
you refuse

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to refuse

Past participle

refused

Present Participle

refusing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REFUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «refuse» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of refuse

decline · deny · discountenance · dreck · dregs · dross · garbage · junk · leavings · lees · litter · offscourings · reject · repudiate · rubbish · scorn · scum · sediment · spurn · sweepings · trash · turn down · waste · withhold

TRANSLATION OF REFUSE

Find out the translation of refuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of refuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «refuse» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 废物
• Translator English - Spanish: rechazo
• English: refuse
• Translator English - Hindi: मना
• Translator English - Arabic: حُثَالَة
• Translator English - Russian: отходы
• Translator English - Portuguese: lixo
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রত্যাখ্যান করা
• Translator English - French: ordures
• Translator English - Malay: Enggan
• Translator English - German: Abfall
• Translator English - Japanese: ごみ
• Translator English - Korean: 쓰레기
• Translator English - Javanese: Nolak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: rác
• Translator English - Tamil: மறு
• Translator English - Marathi: नकार द्या
• Translator English - Turkish: çöp
• Translator English - Italian: rifiuto
• Translator English - Polish: odpady
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сміття
• Translator English - Romanian: deșeu
• Translator English - Greek: απορρίμματα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: weier
• Translator English - Swedish: sopor
• Translator English - Norwegian: avfall

10 QUOTES WITH «REFUSE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word refuse.

1

Lascelles Abercrombie

The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.

2

Edward Albert

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

3

Lily Allen

I refuse to put make-up on just because the paparazzi are on my doorstep. I find it morally wrong.

4

Louie Anderson

I've been in Vegas. That's where you get into the money thing. Boy, you get greedy in Vegas, you know. That's the only place that you can bet $25, get it up to $500 and refuse to quit.

5

Julianna Baggott

I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large - especially this world, so brutal and unjust. I cannot make these wrenching personal life and death decisions for others - nor do I believe they should be made by a church run by childless men.

6

Orlando Aloysius Battista

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

7

Rob Bell

I believe God gives people the right to say no, to resist, to refuse, to reject, to cling to their sins, to cling to their version of their story.

8

Kathryn Bigelow

If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.

9

Sherwood Boehlert

The U.S. uses most of its oil for transportation. We can limit U.S. demand for oil by requiring automakers to use the technology that already exists to improve fuel economy - technology that the automakers refuse to bring into the market despite societal demand.

10

Brigid Brophy

I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REFUSE»

Discover the use of refuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to refuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and ...

Identifies seven personality types that share a common quality of having numerous unrelated interests, explaining how to prioritize and pursue multiple goals simultaneously in order to enjoy a successful and varied life.

Barbara Sher, 2007

How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about ...

When a person allows themselves to become emotionally disturbed they become unfair and unjust to themselves. Dr. Ellis contends that a person creates his or her own feelings and chooses to think and feel in self-harming ways. The way out?

Albert Ellis, 2006

Garbage in the Cities: Refuse, Reform, and the Environment

This revised edition of a seminal work in the field of urban environmental history traces the development of waste management and related technologies from the Progressive Era to the present.

Martin V. Melosi, 1981

When Children Refuse School: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy ...

Using a two-component program, this model divides the school refusal behavior into four basic groups, based on the reasons why children refuse school; avoidance of school situations that provoke general negative affectivity; escape from ...

Christopher A. Kearney, Anne Marie Albano, 2000

An Offer You Can't Refuse

" Hot Stars Magazine "Pick this up at your peril: you won't get a thing done till it's finished." Heat magazine "Witty and charming, this easygoing tale is full of twists that make it hard to put down.

Jill Mansell, 2009

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse: Insider Business ...

Fuggedaboutit! Here's a tip: You've got to get a plan, work it hard, work it smart, and surround yourself with people who know how to help you reach your goals—people like Michael Franzese. Franzese was a capo in the Colombo crime family.

Michael Franzese, 2011

An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America

Journalist and cultural critic De Stefano takes a look at the origins and prevalence of the Mafia mythos in America.

George De Stefano, 2007

Refuse to Regain!: 12 Tough Rules to Maintain the Body ...

But here is the problem: The skills needed to maintain a new, smaller body size are not obvious or intuitive; they must be taught. Inexplicably, books that deal successfully with ways to prevent regain have gone unwritten.

Barbara Berkeley, 2013

Fighting fires in refuse

This assessment examines the hazards, risks and control measures relating to Fire and Rescue Service personnel, the personnel of other agencies and members of the public when fighting fires in refuse and refuse containers.

Great Britain: Department for Communities and Local Government, Chief Fire & Rescue Adviser, 2011

Rubbish!: Reuse Your Refuse

Want to know what goodies you can make with your garbage? This book shows you how to give everyday household items a new life the hip craftster’s way.

Kate Shoup, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REFUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term refuse is used in the context of the following news items.

Opinion: Judges can't refuse to perform same-sex marriages

OMAHA — Nebraska judges and court officials cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriages unless they refuse to perform all marriages, according to a state ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»

House Passes Bill on Pastors' Rights to Refuse Gay Marriages

A bill clarifying that clergy members have the right to refuse to conduct marriages violating their beliefs tentatively passed the Texas House 141-2 Thursday. «Texas Tribune, May 15»

Senate Backs Allowing Pastors to Refuse to Marry Same-Sex Couples

The so-called Pastor Protection Act — a bill that clarifies clergy members' right to refuse to marry same-sex couples — tentatively passed the Texas Senate on ... «Texas Tribune, May 15»

Alabama 'religious' freedom bill allows officiates to refuse to marry …

gay marriage alabama Curtis Stephens, center, and his partner of 30 years, Pat Helms, marry at the Jefferson County courthouse. Photograph: Hal Yeager/AP. «The Guardian, May 15»

Bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse gay couples passes …

It would prohibit the state from refusing to license, or contract with, the child care service providers that refuse the services on religious grounds. Proponents said ... «AL.com, Apr 15»

OUR VIEW: School districts must be straight on the right to refuse …

While the number of so-called “opt-outs” here and across the state was far greater than last year, it might have been even higher had the test refusal process ... «Utica Observer Dispatch, Apr 15»

Flint firefighters struggle to battle blaze at Averill Refuse and Recycling

Flint Fire Chief David Cox Jr. said firefighters couldn't get to the blaze at Averill Refuse and Recycling, located in the 200 block of South Averill Avenue. He said ... «MLive.com, Apr 15»

February Poll: Majority Support Religious Right to Refuse Gay …

More Republicans than Democrats say businesses should be allowed to refuse those specific wedding services (68 percent to 33 percent, respectively), but ... «The Weekly Standard, Apr 15»

Alabama bill would let adoption agencies refuse gay couples

Alabama would allow adoption agencies -- including those with state contracts -- to refuse to place children with same-sex couples on religious grounds, under a ... «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Mar 15»

Insurer cannot refuse third party insurance: IRDA

No insurer can refuse to underwrite third party insurance, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA) said on Thursday. «The Hindu, Mar 15»