exclude
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
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.
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Origin of exclude
1Other words for exclude
Opposites for exclude
Other words from exclude
- ex·clud·er, noun
- ex·clu·so·ry [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree], /ɪkˈsklu sə ri, -zə ri/, adjective
- pre·ex·clude, verb (used with object), pre·ex·clud·ed, pre·ex·clud·ing.
- un·ex·clud·ed, adjective
- un·ex·clud·ing, adjective
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How to use exclude in a sentence
Senate Democrats blocked the bill, which excluded any new stimulus checks and did not include money for rental or nutrition assistance that Pelosi has demanded.
Trump moves closer to Pelosi in economic aid talks, and House speaker must decide next move | Rachael Bade, Erica Werner | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostInsurers have many other defenses as well, including policies that specifically exclude paying for pandemic-related losses.
Got interruption insurance? These companies found it’s useless in the age of COVID-19 | Bernhard Warner | September 12, 2020 | FortuneBe sure to check with your insurer to see whether your dog might be excluded from coverage.
As the foundation initially contemplated a revote, the committee pushed back against the foundation’s attempts to revise the award results by striking certain names from the ballot and sending it to a voting committee that excluded previous winners.
The Mess That Is the 2020 James Beard Awards, Explained | Elazar Sontag | September 11, 2020 | EaterThat figure excludes how much the company would have spent on social media channels as Kantar doesn’t track social media spending.
How Walmart is advertising its new loyalty program, Walmart+ | Kristina Monllos | September 11, 2020 | Digiday
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.
In Texas Textbooks, Moses Is a Founding Father | Edward Countryman | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock | John Avlon | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Los Angeles Times as well as the website Reddit have chosen to exclude contributions from skeptics.
Watch What You Say, The New Liberal Power Elite Won’t Tolerate Dissent | Joel Kotkin | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLest his snub be too subtle, Logan went on to single out and exclude Southerners for their “rebellious tyranny.”
The Real Memorial Day: Oliver Wendell Holmes's Salute To A Momentous American Anniversary | Malcolm Jones | May 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf he does not inhibit or exclude from his mind the word “Petition” he can make no advance.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddWith respect to future additions these are covered by the policy unless it is so drawn as to show a clear intent to exclude them.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIn the yellowing process the door of the barn should be kept closed to exclude the air.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The doors are hung with heavy curtains to exclude the noontide heat, as is still common in Italian churches.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
British Dictionary definitions for exclude
/ (ɪkˈskluːd) /
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
Origin of exclude
1Derived forms of exclude
- excludable or excludible, adjective
- excluder, noun
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