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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.
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."
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.
Definition of exclude verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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 /
Exclude Definition. To refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar.
EXCLUDE definition: 1. to not allow someone or something to take part in an activity or enter a place: 2. to…. Learn more.
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. Want to learn more?
