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exclude
[ ik-sklood ]
verb (used with object)
- 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.
Synonyms: reject
exclude
/ ɪkˈskluːd /
verb
- 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 Forms
- exˈcluder, noun
- exˈcludable, adjective
Other Words From
- ex·cluder noun
- ex·clu·so·ry [ik-, skloo, -s, uh, -ree, -z, uh, -ree], adjective
- preex·clude verb (used with object) preexcluded preexcluding
- unex·cluded adjective
- unex·cluding adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of exclude1
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Example Sentences
But Title IX has never required schools to exclude them, and Trump’s order can’t rewrite federal law, said Deborah Brake, a professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Ofwat, the water regulator, says that Thames Water can increase bills by up to 35% - excluding inflation - over the next five years.
"Afghanistan is experiencing gender apartheid, with women systematically excluded from basic rights, including education," a student said.
They typically exclude oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other forms of energy production.
Next, Trump moved to exclude automobiles from the measures.
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