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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"A large proportion of Nepal's population live here, and they have long felt excluded," he said.
From Barron's
While consumer inflation excluding fresh food continued to slow, “the results are unlikely to deter the BOJ from raising interest rates further,” he said.
It was planning an additional price increase this winter, but after the U.S. excluded raw coffee from tariffs, the company canceled that price increase.
Most evidence for the health benefits of diets that exclude meat comes from studies of younger adults rather than frail older populations.
From Science Daily
The group’s total income excluding recoveries rose to 8.99 billion pounds from 8.49 billion pounds, driven by growth across all its key segments.
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