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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
Example Sentences
Read too strictly, this would exclude highly inventive works of science fiction and fantasy because they lack realism.
Their answer on the national level was to exclude religion altogether from the Constitution and from national politics.
We exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.
The Los Angeles Times as well as the website Reddit have chosen to exclude contributions from skeptics.
Lest his snub be too subtle, Logan went on to single out and exclude Southerners for their “rebellious tyranny.”
If he does not inhibit or exclude from his mind the word “Petition” he can make no advance.
In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.
With respect to future additions these are covered by the policy unless it is so drawn as to show a clear intent to exclude them.
In the yellowing process the door of the barn should be kept closed to exclude the air.
The doors are hung with heavy curtains to exclude the noontide heat, as is still common in Italian churches.
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