exclude

[ ik-sklood ]

verb (used with object)

, ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing.

1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.

   Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar

   Antonyms: include

2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:

   Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.

3. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:

   He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.

   Synonyms: reject

exclude

/ ɪkˈskluːd /

verb

1. to keep out; prevent from entering
2. to reject or not consider; leave out
3. to expel forcibly; eject
4. to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment

Derived Forms

• exˈcludable, adjective
• exˈcluder, noun

Other Words From

• ex·cluder noun
• ex·clu·so·ry [ik-, skloo, -s, uh, -ree, -z, uh, -ree], adjective
• preex·clude verb (used with object) preexcluded preexcluding
• unex·cluded adjective
• unex·cluding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclude¹

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclude¹

C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut

Example Sentences

Senate Democrats blocked the bill, which excluded any new stimulus checks and did not include money for rental or nutrition assistance that Pelosi has demanded.

From Washington Post

Insurers have many other defenses as well, including policies that specifically exclude paying for pandemic-related losses.

From Fortune

Be sure to check with your insurer to see whether your dog might be excluded from coverage.

From Washington Blade

As the foundation initially contemplated a revote, the committee pushed back against the foundation’s attempts to revise the award results by striking certain names from the ballot and sending it to a voting committee that excluded previous winners.

From Eater

That figure excludes how much the company would have spent on social media channels as Kantar doesn’t track social media spending.

From Digiday

Read too strictly, this would exclude highly inventive works of science fiction and fantasy because they lack realism.

From The Daily Beast

Their answer on the national level was to exclude religion altogether from the Constitution and from national politics.

From The Daily Beast

We exclude Catholics because they owe allegiance to an institution that is foreign to the Government of the United States.

From The Daily Beast

The Los Angeles Times as well as the website Reddit have chosen to exclude contributions from skeptics.

From The Daily Beast

Lest his snub be too subtle, Logan went on to single out and exclude Southerners for their “rebellious tyranny.”

From The Daily Beast

If he does not inhibit or exclude from his mind the word “Petition” he can make no advance.

From Project Gutenberg

In pernicious anemia they are always greatly diminished, and an increase should exclude the diagnosis of this disease.

From Project Gutenberg

With respect to future additions these are covered by the policy unless it is so drawn as to show a clear intent to exclude them.

From Project Gutenberg

In the yellowing process the door of the barn should be kept closed to exclude the air.

From Project Gutenberg

The doors are hung with heavy curtains to exclude the noontide heat, as is still common in Italian churches.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ban
• bar
• block
• boycott
• eliminate
• ignore
• omit
• ostracize
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• refuse
• reject
• remove
• rule out
• suspend