exclude

[ ik-sklood ]
/ ɪkˈsklud /
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verb (used with object), ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing.

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

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + -clūdere (combining form of claudere to close)

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Words nearby exclude

exclamatory, exclaustration, exclave, exclosure, excludable, exclude, excluded middle, excluding, exclusion, exclusion clause, exclusion principle

Words related to exclude

prohibit, suspend, bar, prevent, preclude, omit, refuse, remove, boycott, ignore, ostracize, eliminate, reject, ban, block, embargo, oust, bate, sideline, eject

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British Dictionary definitions for exclude

exclude
/ (ɪkˈskluːd) /

verb (tr)

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

Derived forms of exclude

excludable or excludible, adjective excluder, noun

Word Origin for exclude

C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut