exclude

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/ɪksˈkluːd/

verb 5

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

rigorously | altogether, completely, entirely, totally

not absolutely, not wholly

We cannot wholly exclude the chance that they might arrive late tomorrow.

virtually | largely | permanently | apparently | clearly

automatically

Being late to class doesn't automatically exclude you from participating in group projects.

necessarily | deliberately | explicitly, expressly, specifically

effectively

The new visa rules effectively exclude people without university degrees from applying.

systematically | unfairly

VERB + EXCLUDE

attempt to, be designed to, purport to, seek to

The new policy was designed to exclude anyone without proper certification from the competition.

tend to

Old rules tended to exclude women from voting in most countries.

PREP

from

Children were excluded from the swimming pool because they didn't have their permission slips.

PHRASES

feel excluded

When she didn't get invited to the party, she felt excluded by her classmates.

Definitions

verb

To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.

One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].

[T]he 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.

To expel; to put out.

to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs

[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]

To omit from consideration.

Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.

To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.

To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — prevent from being included or considered or accepted

verb — prevent from entering

verb — put out or expel from a place

eject

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

[T]he 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.

Wiktionary

to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs

Wiktionary

We cannot exclude feeling from our experience.

Tatoeba · #23030

They decided to exclude him from their circle.

Tatoeba · #307422

Fill the bottle to the top so as to exclude all air.

Tatoeba · #318573

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