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preposition
- 1. not taking someone or something into account; except: "the holiday cost £180, excluding accommodation"
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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.
not including; apart from: The aircraft carries 250 people, excluding the crew. (Definition of excluding from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) excluding | Business English. preposition. uk / ɪksˈkluːdɪŋ / us ( abbreviation excl.)
1. a. : to prevent or restrict the entrance of. b. : to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion. 2. : to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied. excluder noun. Synonyms. ban. bar. close out. count (out) debar. eliminate. except. freeze out. rule out. shut out. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
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.
Excluding definition: excepting. See examples of EXCLUDING used in a sentence.
to decide that something is not true or possible: exclude the possibility We can't exclude the possibility that he is dead. Fewer examples. It wasn't my intention to exclude her from the list - I just forgot her. Couples who are childless can feel excluded from the rest of society.
preposition. You use excluding before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement. Consumer prices, excluding those for food and energy, rose 2.4 per cent. Excluding water, half of the body's weight is protein. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
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."
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.
1. verb. If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it. The Academy excluded women from its classes. [VERB noun + from] Many of the youngsters feel excluded. [VERB-ed] [ Also VERB noun] Synonyms: keep out, bar, ban, veto More Synonyms of exclude. 2. verb.
