exclude — ex‧clude [ɪkˈskluːd] verb [transitive] 1. to deliberately not include something: • The judge has decided to exclude her evidence. exclude somebody/something from something • One study did not use a double blind design and was therefore excluded… … Financial and business terms
Exclude — Ex*clude , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excluding}.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See {Close}.] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exclude — ex·clude /ik sklüd/ vt ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing 1: to prevent or restrict the entry or admission of exclude hearsay evidence 2: to remove from participation, consideration, or inclusion (as in insurance coverage) the excluded perils include acts… … Law dictionary
exclude — exclude, debar, blackball, eliminate, rule out, shut out, disbar, suspend are comparable when meaning to prevent someone or something from forming part of something else as a member, a constituent, or a factor. Exclude implies a keeping out of… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
exclude — [eks klo͞od′, iksklo͞od′] vt. excluded, excluding [ME excluden < L excludere < ex , out + claudere, CLOSE3] 1. to refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar 2. to put out; force… … English World dictionary
exclude — mid 14c., from L. excludere keep out, shut out, hinder, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + claudere to close, shut (see CLOSE (Cf. close) (v.)). Related: Excluded; excluding … Etymology dictionary
exclude — [v] expel, forbid ban, bar, bate, blackball*, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, drive out, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, force out, get rid of, ignore, interdict, keep out, leave out,… … New thesaurus
exclude — ► VERB 1) deny access to; keep out. 2) remove from consideration. 3) prevent the occurrence of. 4) expel (a pupil) from a school. DERIVATIVES excludable adjective excluder noun. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
exclude — [[t]ɪksklu͟ːd[/t]] excludes, excluding, excluded 1) VERB If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it. [V n from n] The Academy excluded women from its classes... [V n from n] The army… … English dictionary
exclude — /Ik sklu:d/ verb (T) 1 to deliberately not include something, especially a particular group of people or things: a special diet that excludes dairy products | exclude sb/sth from sth: If we exclude uncompleted projects from the calculations, the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
