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ex⋅clude

  [ik-sklood]
Use excluding in a Sentence
–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
ex⋅clu⋅so⋅ry  [ik-skloo-suh-ree, -zuh-ree] , adjective

Synonyms:
1. bar, prohibit, except, omit, preclude. 3. reject.

Antonyms:
1. include.
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ex·clude   (ĭk-sklōōd')   
tr.v.   ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing, ex·cludes
  1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables.
  2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence.
  3. To put out; expel.

[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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