exclude

[ ik-sklood ]
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verb (used with object),ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing.
  1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.

  2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.

  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin exclūdere “to shut out, cut off,” from ex- ex-1 + -clūdere, combining form of claudere “to shut, close”

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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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British Dictionary definitions for exclude

exclude

/ (ɪkˈskluːd) /


verb(tr)
  1. to keep out; prevent from entering

  2. to reject or not consider; leave out

  1. to expel forcibly; eject

  2. to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment

Origin of exclude

1
C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut

Derived forms of exclude

  • excludable or excludible, adjective
  • excluder, noun

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