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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The new Ebitda margin guidance for 2025 excludes around 90 million francs in one-off costs related to the program, it added.
The core CPI, which excludes food and energy, is expected to also rise 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point more than previously.
From Barron's
She called the decision to exclude her a "blatant and shameless act of anti-Palestinian racism and censorship" and the attempt to link her with the Bondi attack "despicable".
From BBC
Her legal representatives, Marque Lawyers, sent a letter to the festival on Sunday demanding it identify statements by the author that justified excluding her.
From Barron's
The core CPI, which excludes food and energy, is also expected to rise 2.7%, one-tenth of a percentage point more than previously.
From Barron's
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