exclude
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
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.
Origin of exclude
1Other words for exclude
Opposites for exclude
Other words from exclude
- ex·clud·er, noun
- ex·clu·so·ry [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree], /ɪkˈsklu sə ri, -zə ri/, adjective
- pre·ex·clude, verb (used with object), pre·ex·clud·ed, pre·ex·clud·ing.
- un·ex·clud·ed, adjective
- un·ex·clud·ing, adjective
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How to use exclude in a sentence
Divorcees, Jews, and new money were excluded from the Knickerbockers.
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain | Tim Teeman | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany of the people were those who were once excluded from mainstream politics.
He excluded “instances of repeated gloomy forebodings which on one occasion happened to be right.”
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death | Patricia Pearson | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the late 1800s, white players formed field lacrosse clubs and excluded Natives.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower | Evin Demirel | July 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I was learning about the music, it was excluded from most schools and universities.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love | Ted Gioia | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThe two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe Intellect is directed into a particular channel, but to keep it there, all intruders must be excluded.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)I never knew people so absorbed, although I fail to see why I should be wholly excluded.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonSo congress has excluded not only diseased, criminal, pauper and anarchist immigrants, but also contract and Chinese laborers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for exclude
/ (ɪkˈskluːd) /
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
Origin of exclude
1Derived forms of exclude
- excludable or excludible, adjective
- excluder, noun
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