exclude

[ik-sklood]

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verb (used with object), ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing.

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

Origin of exclude

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + -clūdere (combining form of claudere to close)

Related formsex·clud·er, nounex·clu·so·ry

[ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree] /ɪkˈsklu sə ri, -zə ri/, adjectivepre·ex·clude, verb (used with object), pre·ex·clud·ed, pre·ex·clud·ing.un·ex·clud·ed, adjectiveun·ex·clud·ing, adjective

Synonyms

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1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.

Antonyms

1. include.

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Examples from the Web for excludes

Contemporary Examples

It excludes children and families of minority faiths and beliefs and creates a hostile environment for them.
The Louisiana Public School Cramming Christianity Down Students’ Throats
Andrew Cohen
January 26, 2014
“It does strike the language that excludes HIV, but you have to look at the rest of the language of the bill,” Hunt said.
Kansas Quarantine Bill Has HIV/AIDS Advocates Up in Arms
David Freedlander
April 2, 2013
Instead, it excludes and punishes people who seek only to live as conservatives would urge them to live.
David Frum: Why I Signed the Republican Brief Supporting Gay Marriage
David Frum
February 27, 2013
His voter base expects him to follow through and demand a government that excludes the ultra-Orthodox parties.
Obama Complicates Netanyahu’s Coalition Talks
J. J. Goldberg
February 7, 2013
The amended law also excludes political parties in existence less than five years from participating in elections.
Obama, Congo Needs You Now
Annie Rashidi-Mulumba
May 10, 2011

Historical Examples

He excludes "the insolence of office," and "the cutpurse of the empire and the rule."
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870
Various
For one is conceived as one, in a sense which excludes all predicates.
Parmenides
Plato
It is my favourite scientific game; indeed, excludes every other.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
Thomas Hardy
It excludes citizens from any participation in foreign affairs.
The Psychology of Nations
G.E. Partridge
The inner church, as is fitting, excludes all worldly elements.
New Italian sketches
John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for excludes

exclude

verb (tr)

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

Derived Formsexcludable or excludible, adjectiveexcluder, noun

Word Origin

C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut

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Word Origin and History for excludes

exclude

v.

mid-14c., from Latin excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded; excluding.

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Examples from the Web for excludes

Contemporary Examples

It excludes children and families of minority faiths and beliefs and creates a hostile environment for them.

“It does strike the language that excludes HIV, but you have to look at the rest of the language of the bill,” Hunt said.

Instead, it excludes and punishes people who seek only to live as conservatives would urge them to live.

His voter base expects him to follow through and demand a government that excludes the ultra-Orthodox parties.

The amended law also excludes political parties in existence less than five years from participating in elections.

Historical Examples

He excludes "the insolence of office," and "the cutpurse of the empire and the rule."

For one is conceived as one, in a sense which excludes all predicates.

It is my favourite scientific game; indeed, excludes every other.

It excludes citizens from any participation in foreign affairs.

The inner church, as is fitting, excludes all worldly elements.

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exclude

v.

Origin of exclude