exclude definition - Dictionary

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ex·clude [ ik skld ] (past and past participle ex·clud·ed, present participle ex·clud·ing, 3rd person present singular ex·cludes)

transitive verb

Definition:

1. keep somebody or something out: to prevent somebody or something from entering or participating

I felt excluded from the family celebrations.

2. reject somebody or something: to prevent somebody or something from being considered or accepted

cannot exclude the possibility of treason

3. omit something or somebody: to fail to include something or somebody

Three names were inadvertently excluded from the list.

[14th century. < Latin excludere "to shut out" < claudere "to shut"]

ex·clud·a·bil·i·ty [ ik skldə bíllətee ] noun

ex·clud·a·ble adjective

ex·clud·er noun