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exclude
[ik-sklood]
verb (used with object)
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
Antonyms: includeto 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
Other Word Forms
- excluder noun
- exclusory adjective
- preexclude verb (used with object)
- unexcluded adjective
- unexcluding adjective
- excludable adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of exclude1
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Example Sentences
Full emancipation for enslaved people in the British Empire, excluding some exceptions like the East India Company, was granted by the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.
They explain that intermediaries, or middlemen, may offer them as little as $5.50 per bag, but after paying for thread and transport, they often earn as little as $1.50 - excluding the time spent weaving.
That database only tracks "unprovoked" incidents – excluding those potentially encouraged by humans through activities such as spear fishing – but a fuller database of all recorded shark interactions in Australia is maintained by Taronga Conservation Society.
Earlier this week, Democrats in the Senate refused to vote for a Republican short-term funding bill, which excluded an extension of enhanced premium tax credits.
He maintained that women would not be excluded from the armed forces outright.
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