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ex·clude 
[ik-sklood] Pronunciation Key
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[ik-sklood] Pronunciation Key –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; ME < L exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (comb. form of claudere to close)]
] —Related forms
ex·clud·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.
—Antonyms 1. include.
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| ex·clude
(ĭk-sklōōd') Pronunciation Key
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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