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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
- excludable adjective
- exclusory adjective
- preexclude verb (used with object)
- unexcluded adjective
- unexcluding adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of exclude1
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Example Sentences
Kiffin, wearing a plaid top that appeared stolen from the Brady Bunch wardrobe closet, softened the tone of his departing statement, now saying he respected Ole Miss’s decision to exclude him from playoff coaching.
It also ran a test excluding the Members of Congress whose returns were the strongest, and the leadership performance gap if anything improved slightly.
Second, the fact that the monarch has the right to be consulted on proposed legislation that may affect the Crown and can ask to be excluded from it.
German airline Lufthansa added for its stable of carriers that "most of the software updates were completed overnight and on Saturday morning", with no flight cancellations expected but isolated delays not excluded.
We excluded any names that are trading for more than 20-times future earnings, which bumped Alphabet off the list.
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