exclude
Americanverb (used with object)
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to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
- Antonyms:
- include
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to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc..
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
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to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject.
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
- Synonyms:
- reject
verb
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to keep out; prevent from entering
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to reject or not consider; leave out
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to expel forcibly; eject
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to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
Other Word Forms
- excludable adjective
- excluder noun
- exclusory adjective
- preexclude verb (used with object)
- unexcluded adjective
- unexcluding adjective
Etymology
Origin of exclude
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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Example Sentences
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"I was permanently excluded from two primary schools, sectioned, home-tutored, and placed in a pupil referral unit," he said.
From BBC
Capital Economics estimates that tariffs are boosting core inflation—which excludes energy and food costs—by about 0.5 percentage points, consistent with recent estimates from the St. Louis Fed.
From Barron's
“They can still accuse anyone of anything they want to exclude them from this amnesty law,” said Martha Tineo, coordinator for Justice, Encounter and Pardon, a nonprofit working with families of Venezuelan prisoners.
Consumer inflation excluding volatile fresh food prices is expected to have risen 1.7% on year in February, according to a poll by data provider Quick, compared with January’s 2.0% increase.
The next word, "fünf," suggests something countable, excluding abstract ideas such as love or thirst.
From Science Daily
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