ex ‧ clude W3 AC /ɪkˈskluːd/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Word Family: verb : ↑ exclude ≠ ↑ include ; noun : ↑ exclusion ≠ ↑ inclusion ]
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: excludere , from claudere 'to close' ]
1 . to deliberately not include something OPP include :
a special diet that excludes dairy products
The judges decided to exclude evidence which had been unfairly obtained.
exclude something from something
Some of the data was specifically excluded from the report.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people usually say leave something or someone out rather than exclude something or someone:
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Some information was left out of the report.
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We didn’t mean to leave you out.
2 . to not allow someone to take part in something or not allow them to enter a place, especially in a way that seems wrong or unfair OPP include :
a mainstream exhibition that excluded women artists
exclude somebody from (doing) something
The press had been deliberately excluded from the event.
Sarah heard the other girls talking and laughing and felt excluded.
3 . British English to officially make a child leave their school because of their bad behaviour
4 . to decide that something is not a possibility SYN rule out :
Social workers have excluded sexual abuse as a reason for the child’s disappearance.
At this stage we cannot entirely exclude the possibility of staff cuts.
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THESAURUS
▪ exclude formal to deliberately not include someone or something, especially in a way that seems wrong or unfair:
The new law protects most workers, but excludes those on part-time contracts.
▪ omit formal to not include something, especially a piece of information, either deliberately or because you forget:
Sara’s name had been omitted from the list of employees.
▪ leave out to not include someone or something, either deliberately or accidentally. Leave out is more common in everyday English than exclude or omit :
Fans were shocked that Giggs had been left out of the team.
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You must have left out one of the numbers.
▪ miss out British English to not include someone or something that should be included, often by mistake:
You missed out several important facts.
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They’ve missed out the last letter of his name.
▪ drop to decide not to include someone or something – used especially about not including someone in a team:
He was dropped from the team because of injury.
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The company decided to drop the word ‘healthy’ from its advertising.
▪ be exempt(ed) from something formal used when saying that a rule, law, agreement etc does not affect someone or something:
People with bad eyesight were exempt from military service.
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High technology equipment would be exempted from any trade agreement.