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- Dictionaryexclude/ɪkˈskluːd/
verb
- 1. deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege: "the public were excluded from the board meeting" Similar Opposite
- 2. remove from consideration: "one cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices" Similar Opposite
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EXCLUDE definition: 1. to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity: 2. to…. Learn more.
The meaning of EXCLUDE is to prevent or restrict the entrance of. How to use exclude in a sentence. to prevent or restrict the entrance of; to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion…
Exclude means to leave out — like when the cool kids won't let you in on their game of four-square or the pizza guy leaves your neighborhood out from his delivery zone. Exclude comes to us from the Latin word excludere, which means "to shut."
to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity: be excluded from Women are still excluded from the club. Microbes must, as far as possible, be excluded from the room during an operation. Tom has been excluded from school (= he is not allowed to go to school) for bad behavior. Compare. include. C1.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of. Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar. Antonyms: include. 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.
exclude something (from something) to deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering. The cost of borrowing has been excluded from the inflation figures. Try excluding fat from your diet. Buses run every hour, Sundays excluded. opposite include. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it. The public was excluded from both meetings. American English : exclude / ɪksˈklud /
Definitions of 'exclude' 1. If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it. [...] 2. If you exclude something that has some connection with what you are doing, you deliberately do not use it or consider it. [...] 3.
EXCLUDE definition: 1. to not allow someone or something to take part in an activity or enter a place: 2. to…. Learn more.
1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables. 2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence. 3. To put out; expel.
