Meaning and usage of the word jettison in English

Meaning of vocabulary jettison

jettisonverb

vứt bỏ

/ˈdʒetɪsn//ˈdʒetɪsn/

Origin of the word jettison

Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting the throwing of goods overboard to lighten a ship in distress): from Old French getaison, from Latin jactatio(n-), from jactare ‘to throw’, frequentative of jacere ‘to throw’. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.

Vocabulary summary jettison

typenoun

meaningdumping cargo overboard to lighten the ship (in case of danger)

meaning(figurative) abandonment

typetransitive verb

meaningthrow cargo overboard to lighten the ship (when in danger)

meaning(US, American idiom) to throw out of an airplane (while in flight)

meaning(figurative) throw away (something)

Example of vocabulary jettisonnamespace

meaning

to throw something out of a moving plane or ship to make it lighter

  • to jettison fuel
meaning

to get rid of something/somebody that you no longer need or want

  • He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat.
meaning

to reject an idea, a belief, a plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to be successful


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