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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This outlook includes the impact of "currently known tariffs" but excludes potential costs from the ongoing saga of its sleep apnoea machines, Philips said.
From Barron's
When excluding discontinued operations, the group swung to a net loss of 29 million euros compared with a profit of 1.025 billion euros a year before.
Capital spending guidance for the five largest cloud companies is approximately $650 billion, equaling the spending by the rest of the Russell 3000 excluding utilities.
From Barron's
Founders, early employees and early investors in qualifying startups can exclude a substantial portion of their gains from federal taxes if their company succeeds after years of risk and illiquidity.
The core inflation rate—which excludes energy and food prices—is expected to remain close to target over the next three years, indicating that price stability will be maintained in the medium term.
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