ex·clude
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| 1. | to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of. |
| 2. | to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest. |
| 3. | to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (comb. form of claudere to close)
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ex·clud·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.
—Antonyms 1. include.
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tr.v. ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing, ex·cludes
[Middle English excluden, from Latin exclūdere : ex-, ex- + claudere, to shut.] ex·clud'a·bil'i·ty n., ex·clud'a·ble, ex·clud'i·ble adj. & n., ex·clud'er n. |
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exclude
1382, from L. excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Exclusive in social sense of "unwilling to admit outsiders" is from 1822.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [ant: include] |
| 2. | prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" [ant: admit] |
| 3. | lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" [ant: include] |
| 4. | prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar] |
| 5. | put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" [syn: eject] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
exclude1 [ikˈskluːd] verb
to prevent (someone) from sharing or taking part in something
Example: They excluded her from the meeting.
exclude2 [ikˈskluːd] verbExample: They excluded her from the meeting.
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to shut out; to keep out
Example: Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
exclude3 [ikˈskluːd] verbExample: Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
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to leave out of consideration
Example: We cannot exclude the possibility that he was lying.
See also: excludingExample: We cannot exclude the possibility that he was lying.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Exclude
Ex*clude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton. 2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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