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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 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 /
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.
Aug 11, 2024 · (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out. (transitive) To expel; to put out. to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. (transitive) To omit from consideration. Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers. (transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
Exclude Definition. To refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar.
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. To exclude a possibility means to decide or prove that it is wrong and not worth considering. [...]
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.
