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ex·clude
(ĭk-sklo͞od′)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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exclude
(ɪkˈskluːd)vb (tr)
1. to keep out; prevent from entering
2. to reject or not consider; leave out
3. to expel forcibly; eject
4. (Education) to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
[C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut]
exˈcludable, exˈcludible adj
exˈcluder n
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ex•clude
(ɪkˈsklud)v.t. -clud•ed, -clud•ing.
1. to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.
3. to expel and keep out.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Latin exclūdere to shut out, cut off]
ex•clud′er, n.
ex•clu•so•ry (ɪkˈsklu sə ri, -zə ri) adj.
ex•clud′a•ble, ex•clud′i•ble, adj.
ex•clud`a•bil′i•ty, n.
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exclude
Past participle: excluded
Gerund: excluding
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Verb | 1. | exclude - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" elide - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant" include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
2. | exclude - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" excommunicate, unchurch, curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner" lock out - prevent employees from working during a strike prevent, keep - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" | |
3. | exclude - lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" | |
4. | exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" | |
5. | exclude - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" evict, force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." show the door - ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" |
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exclude
verb
1. keep out, bar, ban, veto, refuse, forbid, boycott, embargo, prohibit, disallow, shut out, proscribe, black, refuse to admit, ostracize, debar, blackball, interdict, prevent from entering The Academy excluded women from its classes.
keep out allow, receive, accept, admit, welcome, permit, let in
keep out allow, receive, accept, admit, welcome, permit, let in
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exclude
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يَسْتَثْنييُخْرِجيَسْتَبْعِد، يُقْصي
vyloučit
udelukkeeksludereholde ude
ekskludi
sulkea pois
לא להכליל
isključiti
figyelmen kívül hagykirekeszt
byrgja útiútiloka
除外する
제외하다
išleistiišskirtineįleidimaspašalinti
izslēgtnepielaist
izključiti
exkluderautelämnautesluta
แยกออกไป
dahil etmemekdışında tutmakdüşünmemekhariç tutmakhesaba katmamak
loại trừ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
exclude
[ɪkˈskluːd] vt (= expel) [+ pupil] → renvoyer, exclure temporairement
[+ reference] → supprimer
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
exclude
vt → ausschließen; to exclude somebody from the team/an occupation → jdn aus der Mannschaft/von einer Beschäftigung ausschließen; to exclude a child from school → ein Kind vom Schulunterricht ausschließen; to exclude somebody from doing something → jdn davon ausschließen, etw zu tun; if we don’t exclude the possibility that … → wenn wir die Möglichkeit nicht ausschließen, dass …; the price excludes VAT (Brit) → der Preis versteht sich ausschließlich Mehrwertsteuer; £200 excluding VAT (Brit) → £ 200 ohne Mehrwertsteuer; the meal costs £15 excluding wine → das Essen kostet £ 15 ohne Wein; everything excluding the house → alles außer or ausgenommen das Haus
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
exclude
[ɪksˈkluːd] vt (gen) → escludere; (possibility) → scartareI'm excluded from taking part → non ho il diritto di partecipare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
exclude
(ikˈskluːd) verb1. to prevent (someone) from sharing or taking part in something. They excluded her from the meeting.
2. to shut out; to keep out. Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.
3. to leave out of consideration. We cannot exclude the possibility that he was lying.
exˈclusion (-ʒən) nounexˈcluding preposition
not counting; without including. The club's expenses, excluding the cost of stationery, amounted to $251.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
exclude
→ يَسْتَثْني vyloučit udelukke ausschließen αποκλείω excluir sulkea pois exclure isključiti escludere 除外する 제외하다 uitsluiten utestenge wyłączyć excluir исключать utesluta แยกออกไป dışında tutmak loại trừ 排除Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009