Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense excludes, present participle excluding, past tense, past participle excluded
1. verb
If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it.
The Academy excluded women from its classes. [VERB noun + from]
Many of the youngsters feel excluded. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB noun]
Synonyms: keep out, bar, ban, veto More Synonyms of exclude
2. verb
If you exclude something that has some connection with what you are doing, you deliberately do not use it or consider it.
They eat only plant foods, and exclude animal products from other areas of theirlives. [VERB noun + from]
...plans to redraft and downgrade the role to exclude any involvement with the Englandteam. [VERB noun]
3. verb
To exclude a possibility means to decide or prove that it is wrong and not worth considering.
I cannot entirely exclude the possibility that some form of pressure was appliedto the neck. [VERB noun]
...the pathological evidence, which does not exclude suicide. [VERB noun]
4. verb
To exclude something such as the sun's rays or harmful germs means to prevent them physically from reaching or entering a particular place.
This was intended to exclude the direct rays of the sun. [VERB noun]
They have spent $3 million building fences around the National Park to exclude suchpests. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of exclude
exclude in British English
(ɪkˈskluːd)
verb(transitive)
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
Derived forms
excludable (exˈcludable) or excludible (exˈcludible)
adjective
excluder (exˈcluder)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Latin exclūdere, from claudere to shut
exclude in American English
(ɛksˈklud; ɪksˈklud)
verb transitiveWord forms: exˈcluded or exˈcluding
1.
to refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar
2.
to put out; force out; expel
SYNONYMY NOTE: exclude implies a keeping out or prohibiting of that which is not yet in [to exclude someone from membership]; debar connotes the existence of some barrier, as legal authority or force, which excludessomeone from a privilege, right, etc. [to debar certain groups from voting]; disbar refers only to the expulsion of a lawyer from the group of those who are permittedto practice law; , eliminate implies the removal of that which is already in, usually connoting its undesirabilityor irrelevance [to eliminate waste products]; suspend refers to the removal, usually temporary, of someone from some organization, institution,etc., as for the infraction of some rule [to suspend a student from school]
OPPOSITES: admit, include
Derived forms
excludable (exˈcludable)
adjective
excluder (exˈcluder)
noun
Word origin
ME excluden < L excludere < ex-, out + claudere, close3
Examples of 'exclude' in a sentence
exclude
The very poor were excluded from political life altogether.
Divine, Robert A. (editor) & Breen, T. H & Frederickson, George M & Williams, R. Hal America Past and Present (1995)
Many are excluded from education and healthcare and restricted in their movements.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They did not exclude the possibility of an offer being made.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
So many comedies either exclude me or my parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The masses have been ignored and excluded from public life.
Charles Glass The Tribes Triumphant (2006)
Their lifestyle would obviously exclude the possibility of any normal home life.
Christianity Today (2000)
But we should not exclude the possibility.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And this excludes the possibility of chemical weapons being used to further degrade defences.
McInnes, Colin NATO's Changing Strategic Agenda (1990)
The drawback with the new measure was that it excluded house prices entirely at a time when they were rising strongly.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Not that science is entirely excluded.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The main drawback in recognizing normal ranges as a diagnostic aid is that it excludes the possibility of individual variations outside the range.
Budd, Martin Diets to Help Diabetes (1983)
But he wouldn't exclude the possibility completely.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
And we exclude any middle possibility, and we live by this law.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
Many are excluded from education and healthcare, and restricted in their freedom to move around the country and to marry.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Swiss criminal procedure code does not exclude the possibility of holding a court trial of the accused person in absentia.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Many policies exclude these activities.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A world-view which excludes the possibility of accident has both advantages and disadvantages.
Crowley, Vivianne Phoenix From the Flame (1994)
He might not embrace viewers, but he certainly doesn't exclude anyone either.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Many low-cost smartphones exclude 4G to reduce their cost.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
That didn't mean I was entirely excluded from the fun.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
I don't think that they will take military action but we can't entirely exclude it.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In other languages
exclude
British English: exclude /ɪkˈskluːd/ VERB
If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them from entering it or taking part in it.
The public was excluded from both meetings.
American English: exclude
Arabic: يَسْتَثْني
Brazilian Portuguese: excluir
Chinese: 排除
Croatian: isključiti
Czech: vyloučit
Danish: udelukke
Dutch: uitsluiten
European Spanish: excluir
Finnish: sulkea pois jostakin
French: exclure
German: ausschließen Möglichkeit
Greek: αποκλείω
Italian: escludere
Japanese: 除外する
Korean: 제외하다
Norwegian: utestenge
Polish: wyłączyć
European Portuguese: excluir
Romanian: a exclude
Russian: исключать
Latin American Spanish: excluir
Swedish: utesluta
Thai: แยกออกไป
Turkish: dışında tutmak
Ukrainian: виключати
Vietnamese: loại trừ trừ ra
Chinese translation of 'exclude'
exclude
(ɪksˈkluːd)
vt
(= leave out)
[person]把 ... 排斥在外 (bǎ ... páichì zài wài)
[substance, fact]不包括 (bù bāokuò)
(= rule out)[possibility]排除 (páichú)
[child] (from school) 开(開)除 (kāichú)
to exclude sb from sth (place, activity) 拒绝(絕)某人做某事 (jùjué mǒurén zuò mǒushì)
to exclude sth from sth将(將)某物排除于(於)某物之外 (jiāng mǒuwù páichú yú mǒuwù zhī wài)
1 (verb)
Definition
to keep out
The orchestra excluded children younger than twelve.
Synonyms
keep out
bar
They have been barred from playing in several countries.
ban
Last year arms sales were banned.
veto
De Gaulle vetoed Britain's application to join the EEC.
refuse
She was refused access to her children.
forbid
They'll forbid you to leave.
boycott
The main opposition parties are boycotting the elections.
embargo
They embargoed oil shipments to the US.
prohibit
the law which prohibits trading on Sunday
disallow
He ruled that my testimony should be disallowed.
shut out
proscribe
They are proscribed by federal law from owning guns.
black
refuse to admit
ostracize
She is being ostracized by members of her local community.
debar
She could be debarred from politics for several years.
blackball
Members can blackball candidates in secret ballots.
interdict
Troops could be ferried in to interdict drug shipments.
prevent from entering
Opposites
allow
,
receive
,
accept
,
admit
,
welcome
, permit,
let in
2 (verb)
Definition
to leave out of consideration
Vegetarians exclude meat products from their diet.
Synonyms
omit
Our apologies for omitting your name from the article.
reject
Paloma has rejected the values of her rich parents.
eliminate
rule out
miss out
leave out
preclude
The fact that they live in London precludes them from coming.
repudiate
He repudiated any form of nationalism.
Opposites
include
,
accept
,
count
3 (verb)
Definition
to leave out of consideration
We can't exclude the possibility of cancellation.
Synonyms
eliminate
I was eliminated from the 400 metres in the semifinals.
reject
ignore
Such arguments ignore the important issues.
rule out
except
Present company excepted, who is your favourite colleague?
leave out
set aside
omit
pass over
not count
repudiate
count out
4 (verb)
Synonyms
remove
The senate voted to remove him.
bounce (slang)
He was bounced from two programmes for unbecoming conduct.
get rid of
expel
Poisonous gas is expelled into the atmosphere.
throw out
oust
The leaders have been ousted from power by nationalists.
drive out
force out
eject
They were forcibly ejected from the restaurant.
evict
They were evicted from their apartment.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of ban
Definition
to prohibit or forbid officially
Last year arms sales were banned.
Synonyms
prohibit,
black,
bar,
block,
restrict,
veto,
forbid,
boycott,
suppress,
outlaw,
banish,
disallow,
proscribe,
debar,
blackball,
interdict,
criminalize
in the sense of bar
Definition
to exclude
They have been barred from playing in several countries.
Synonyms
exclude,
ban,
forbid,
prohibit,
keep out of,
disallow,
shut out of,
ostracize,
debar,
blackball,
interdict,
black
in the sense of black
Definition
(of trade unionists) to organize a boycott of (specified goods, work, etc.)