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exclude
[ ik-sklood ]
verb (used with object)
- to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
Synonyms: , , , ,
Antonyms:
- to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
- to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
Synonyms:
exclude
/ ɪˈː /
verb
- to keep out; prevent from entering
- to reject or not consider; leave out
- to expel forcibly; eject
- to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
Derived Forms
- ˈܻ, noun
- ˈܻ岹, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ܻİ noun
- ··· [ik-, skloo, -s, uh, -ree, -z, uh, -ree], adjective
- e·ܻ verb (used with object) preexcluded preexcluding
- ܲe·ܻĻ adjective
- ܲe·ܻiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of exclude1
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Example Sentences
Otherwise it warned it risked people being excluded from leisure centres, theatres or public transport.
The few hundred "Never Resident" voters would be excluded from the count altogether.
It is "unfair" that people who are in work are effectively excluded from this life-saving support, she says.
It has since been criticised as being too restrictive because as the so-called "missing middle", were excluded - those considered too wealthy to qualify for financial aid but who struggle to afford tuition fees.
His attorneys tried to exclude his confession on the grounds that he made it involuntarily, tortured by religious guilt.
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