EXCLUDE


Meaning of EXCLUDE in English

ikˈsklüd, ek- transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English excluden, from Latin excludere, from ex- ex- (I) + -cludere (from claudere to close) — more at close

1.

a. : to shut out : restrain or hinder the entrance of

immigrants must be screened to exclude the small fraction of undesirables

if you draw the blind it will exclude the glare

that high ridge tends to exclude the breezes

b. : to bar from participation, enjoyment, consideration, or inclusion

there was no need to exclude your brother from our talks

that request must be excluded from further consideration

c. : to prevent or refuse to tolerate the occurrence, use, or existence of

such words are excluded from polite conversation

true faith excludes all doubt

would exclude any oppressive measures no matter how expedient

2.

a. : to put out : expel especially from a place or position previously occupied

the executed queen's child was specifically excluded from the succession

b. : to eject especially in giving birth or hatching

as soon as the larva was excluded from the egg

Synonyms:

debar , blackball , eliminate , rule ( out ), shut ( out ), disbar , suspend : exclude is a general term for shutting out or preventing entrance or admission

exclude light from the rooms

exclude hospital visitors

minority groups who are excluded from some activities simply because their ancestors belonged to the less privileged classes in a time when social status was a matter of birth rather than ability — J.R.Everett

exclude these subjects from consideration

debar may suggest the effect of a bar, sometimes literal but usually figurative, in keeping from belonging or enjoying

the Blue mountains … presented a cruel, awful barrier to the earlier settlers, and for a long time debarred them from the land beyond — Anthony Trollope

that movement was condemned as heretical and its adherents were expelled from the Church and debarred from the communion — K.S.Latourette

dangerous and foolish talk — of a sort that should debar its author from further serious consideration by intelligent Americans — New Republic

blackball suggests exclusion from membership by adverse vote of those belonging

he was very nearly blackballed at a West End club of which his birth and social position fully entitled him to become a member — Oscar Wilde

eliminate indicates a discharging, casting out, or getting rid of something figuring as a constituent member or part or an included element

if children are eliminated from the statistics and only persons above the age of fifteen are taken into consideration — Morris Fishbein

it is always wise to eliminate the personal equation from our judgments of literature — J.R.Lowell

rule ( out ) indicates formal or authoritative exclusion or elimination

a play ruled out by the referee

candidacies ruled out by the election laws

the dean ruled out any special celebration

shut ( out ) may indicate an effective, forceful, or definitive exclusion

always shut out from public office

the purpose of cartels is to shut out newcomers to an industry unless the newcomers are willing to join in and be subjected to cartel arrangements — Wall Street Journal

disbar refers to the formal processes whereby a lawyer is prevented from further practice or to similar exclusions

the first proceeding in American history seeking to disbar an attorney for having invoked an historic constitutional privilege — New Republic

disbarred from further teaching

suspend applies to a temporary elimination or exclusion pending investigation of fitness, occurrence of new developments, or full consideration of the matter

suspended from the university for bad conduct

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