excluding
Use Excluding in a sentence
verb (used with object), ex·clud·ed, ex·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
sə 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
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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exclude (ɪkˈskluːd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to keep out; prevent from entering |
| 2. | to reject or not consider; leave out |
| 3. | to expel forcibly; eject |
| 4. | to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment |
| [C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut] | |
| ex'cludable | |
| —adj | |
| ex'cludible | |
| —adj | |
| ex'cluder | |
| —n | |
| excluding (ɪkˈskluːdɪŋ) | |
| —prep | |
| excepting | |
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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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Example sentences
So central bankers should in principle focus on core inflation, excluding volatile supply-driven price changes for food and fuel.
And experts say that excluding the new format leads to a distorted sense of what's popular with the public.
Mathematicians define a perfect number as positive integer that is the sum of it's positive divisors excluding the number itself.
Excluding special items, earnings are expected to fall below previous expectations.
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