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exclude
ex·clude
[
ik skld
]
(
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 skldə bíllətee
]
noun
ex·clud·a·ble
adjective
ex·clud·er
noun
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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ex·clud·a·bil·i·ty [ ik skldə bíllətee ] nounex·clud·a·ble adjectiveex·clud·er noun
