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exclude
[ ik-sklood ]
verb (used with object)
- to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar
Antonyms: include
- to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
- to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
Synonyms: reject
exclude
/ ɪkˈskluːd /
verb
- to keep out; prevent from entering
- to reject or not consider; leave out
- to expel forcibly; eject
- to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
Derived Forms
- exˈcluder, noun
- exˈcludable, adjective
Other Words From
- ex·cluder noun
- ex·clu·so·ry [ik-, skloo, -s, uh, -ree, -z, uh, -ree], adjective
- preex·clude verb (used with object) preexcluded preexcluding
- unex·cluded adjective
- unex·cluding adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of exclude1
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Example Sentences
He has also excluded the State Department and its officials from his calls with foreign leaders.
This is the first time Guardiola has endured such a streak of losses - excluding shootouts - in his managerial career.
This includes waits for gynaecology appointments and planned procedures and excludes urgent appointments for things like suspected cancer.
He asked the judge to give his client 28 years to life and complained that the court had excluded evidence useful to the defense, though the judge forbade him from mentioning specifics in court.
PRUs are alternative education providers aimed at children who have been excluded from school or are otherwise unable to attend a mainstream setting.
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