You use excluding before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement.
Consumer prices, excluding those for food and energy, rose 2.4 per cent.
Excluding water, half of the body's weight is protein.
excluding in British English
(ɪkˈskluːdɪŋ)
preposition
excepting
excepting in British English
(ɪkˈsɛptɪŋ)
preposition
1.
excluding; except; except for (esp in the phrase not excepting)
conjunction
2. an archaic word for unless
▶ USAGE The use of excepting is considered by many people to be acceptable only after not, only, or without. Elsewhere except is preferred: every country agreed to the proposal except (not excepting) Spain; he was well again except for (not excepting) a slight pain in his chest
excluding in American English
(ɛksˈkludɪŋ; ɪksˈkludɪŋ)
preposition
not including; not taking into account; excepting; rejecting
Examples of 'excluding' in a sentence
excluding
Deliberately excluding Draco she turned to him questioningly.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
They intended to sink the craft in the largest of the reef entrances, so excluding the Champlain if it tried to return to Saint-Esprit.
Ballard, J. G. RUSHING TO PARADISE (2001)
Imagine a laser line of light or heat going directly across the table, excluding everything but those two.
Carroll, Jonathan FROM THE TEETH OF ANGELS (2001)
In other languages
excluding
British English: excluding /ɪkˈskluːdɪŋ/ PREPOSITION
You use excluding before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement.
This applies to most vertebrates (excluding mammals).
American English: excluding
Arabic: بِاِسْتِثْناء
Brazilian Portuguese: exceto
Chinese: 除外
Croatian: isključujući
Czech: kromě
Danish: fraregnet
Dutch: exlusief
European Spanish: sin incluir
Finnish: pois lukien
French: à l’exclusion de
German: ausgenommen
Greek: εξαιρουμένου
Italian: eccetto
Japanese: ・・・を除いて
Korean: ...을 제외하고
Norwegian: unntatt
Polish: wyłączając
European Portuguese: exceto
Romanian: fără
Russian: исключая
Latin American Spanish: sin incluir
Swedish: exklusive
Thai: ที่แยกออกไป
Turkish: dışında onu hariç tutarak
Ukrainian: за винятком
Vietnamese: trừ
Chinese translation of 'excluding'
excluding
(ɪksˈkluːdɪŋ)
prep
不包括 (bù bāokuò)
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)