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verb (used with object), -clud·ed, -clud·ing.
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; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (combining form of claudere to close)
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (combining form of claudere to close)
Related forms
ex·clud·er, noun
pre·ex·clude, verb (used with object), -clud·ed, -clud·ing.
un·ex·clud·ed, adjective
un·ex·clud·ing, adjective
Synonyms
1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.
1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.
Antonyms
1. include.
1. include.
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Excluded
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
exclude
late 14c., from L. excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded; excluding.
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