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exclude Definition

ex·clude (eks klo̵̅o̅d′, iks-)

transitive verb -·clud′ed, -·clud′·ing

  1. to refuse to admit, consider, include, etc.; shut out; keep from entering, happening, or being; reject; bar
  2. to put out; force out; expel

Etymology: ME excluden < L excludere < ex-, out + claudere, close

exclude Related Forms

ex·clud′·able adjective ex·clud′er noun

exclude Synonyms

exclude

v.

  1. To bar

    shut out, keep out, reject, ban, debar, eliminate, except, omit, prohibit, disallow, rule out, lock out, shut the door on; see also bar 1, 2.

  2. To expel

    banish, suspend, put out, force out, disbar, eject, throw out; see also dismiss 1.

exclude implies a keeping out or prohibiting of that which is not yet in to exclude someone from membership; debar connotes the existence of some barrier, as legal authority or force, which excludes someone from a privilege, right, etc. to debar certain groups from voting; disbar refers only to depriving a lawyer of the right to practice law; eliminate implies the removal of that which is already in, usually connoting its undesirability or irrelevance to eliminate waste products, to eliminate fraud; suspend refers to the removal, usually temporary, of someone from some organization, institution, etc., as for the infraction of some rule to suspend a student from school

exclude Usage Examples

Object

  • VAT: Prices correct at time of press, prices subject to change without notice, prices exclude VAT.
  • liability: Excluded liability for delay in delivering goods in the event of strikes.
  • crown: Dimensions are width is 41 mm excluding crown, 43 mm including crown, 48 mm lug to lug and 12 mm thick.
  • possibility: But poetry has been so defined in the public mind as usually to exclude the possibility of social conflicts appearing.
  • pupil: They will be allowed to exclude pupils who are disrupting the education of the majority of pupils.
  • bibliography: These limits include all notes, appendices, and any source material being edited, but exclude the bibliography.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

such: This clearly excludes tasks such as performances and presentations, but is required for all formal written examinations.

Adjective complement

due: The post immigrants excluded due to what steps it.

Modifying Another Word

  • socially: Focus on the socially excluded - either economic or gender exclusion.
  • expressly: All liability of Global internet BV howsoever arising for inaccuracies or errors is expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.
  • hereby: DSVR hereby excludes all liability of any kind for the transmission or reception of information of whatever nature.
  • permanently: Can a permanently excluded young person go to another school?
  • specifically: Gifts of food, drink, tobacco or vouchers are specifically excluded.
  • explicitly: The only occupation explicitly excluded from the DDA is the Armed Forces.

Preposition: from

  • patentability: However, the system was still considered to be a mathematical method and therefore excluded from patentability.
  • scope: Batteries of the button type or those composed of elements of the button type are excluded from the scope of the Directive.
  • definition: Food aid is also excluded from the definition of tied aid.
  • decision-making: The continued focus upon risk means that there is a danger that people so defined will be excluded from decision-making about their lives.
  • school: Where parents can't come in to help move a child, the child may be excluded from school.
  • membership: Low income membership It is our policy that no-one should be excluded from membership on the grounds of cost.