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[ pri-klood ] / prɪˈklud / SEE SYNONYMS FOR preclude ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), pre·clud·ed, pre·clud·ing.to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction. to exclude or debar from something: His physical disability precludes an athletic career for him. Origin of preclude1610–20; <Latin praeclūdere to shut off, close, equivalent to prae-pre- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut, close SYNONYMS FOR precludeSEE SYNONYMS FOR preclude ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM precludepre·clud·a·ble, adjectivepre·clu·sion [pri-kloo-zhuhn], /prɪˈklu ʒən/, nounpre·clu·sive [pri-kloo-siv], /prɪˈklu sɪv/, adjectivepre·clu·sive·ly, adverb un·pre·clud·a·ble, adjectiveun·pre·clud·ed, adjectiveun·pre·clu·sive, adjectiveun·pre·clu·sive·ly, adverb Words nearby precludeprecision casting, precisionism, precisive, preclimax, preclinical, preclude, precocial, precocious, precocious puberty, precocity, precognition Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for precludeCrow explained that his site put preventative measures in place to preclude trolls from reigning. ReaganBook Is the Latest Conservative #Fail|Gideon Resnick|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST That did not preclude Ebony Jones from speaking about her mother. Killed by Donald Sterling’s Racism|Michael Daly|May 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead, we should be wondering why it should preclude her from doing anything else she so chooses. Duke's Freshman Porn Starlet Isn't Ashamed—and She Shouldn't Be|Emily Shire|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Such a restraining order, however, will often preclude the defendant from retaining his counsel of choice. SCOTUS-Palooza: Preview of the Big Cases in the New Term|Ilya Shapiro|October 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Of course, this is not to preclude that minorities will remain in either state where they will receive full civil rights. The Truth About Yisrael Beytenu|Hamad Amar|November 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Some invisible power seemed to be enlisted in our defence and to preclude the necessity of our arms. Edgar Huntley|Charles Brockden Brown This fact does not, however, preclude another, that the environment has helped in the process. The Soul of the Far East|Percival Lowell The conditions in which his work is done, however, preclude the possibility of careless reading. The Building of a Book|Various The fire was issuing from a long straw-stack, which was so far gone as to preclude a possibility of saving it. Far from the Madding Crowd|Thomas Hardy In this country, the most abject poverty need not preclude the craving mind from its natural aliment, books. Fashion and Famine|Ann S. Stephens
British Dictionary definitions for preclude
verb (tr)to exclude or debar to make impossible, esp beforehand Derived forms of precludeprecludable, adjectivepreclusion (prɪˈkluːʒən), nounpreclusive (prɪˈkluːsɪv), adjectivepreclusively, adverbWord Origin for precludeC17: from Latin praeclūdere to shut up, from prae in front, before + claudere to close Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to precludehinder, prevent, rule out, avert, prohibit, forestall, cease, deter, impede, exclude, obviate, quit, debar, discontinue, stop, restrain, interrupt, ward, check, forfend |