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exclude

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ex·clude  (k-skld)
tr.v. ex·clud·ed, ex·clud·ing, ex·cludes
1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables.
2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence.
3. To put out; expel.

[Middle English excluden, from Latin excldere : ex-, ex- + claudere, to shut.]

ex·cluda·bili·ty n.
ex·cluda·ble, ex·cludi·ble adj. & n.
ex·cluder n.

exclude
Verb
[-cluding, -cluded]
1. to keep out; prevent from entering
2. to leave out of consideration [Latin excludere]
exclusion n
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Verb1.exclude - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
elide - leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
include - consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"
2.exclude - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
excommunicate, unchurch, curse - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
lock out - prevent employees from working during a strike
prevent, keep - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
ostracise, ostracize - avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
let in, admit, include - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
3.exclude - lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
lack, miss - be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!"
include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
4.exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
nix, prohibit, proscribe, disallow, forbid, interdict, veto - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
5.excludeexclude - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
evict, force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
show the door - ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
exorcise, exorcize - expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits"
expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

exclude
verb 1. keep out, bar, ban, veto, refuse, forbid, boycott, embargo, prohibit, disallow, shut out, proscribe, black, refuse to admit, ostracize, debar, blackball, interdict, prevent from entering << OPPOSITE let in
2. omit, reject, eliminate, rule out, miss out, leave out, preclude, repudiate << OPPOSITE include
Translations
Spanish exclude [ɪkˈskluːd] vtexcluir (= except); exceptuar
French exclude [ɪkˈskluːd] vtexclure
German exclude [ɪksˈkluːd] vtausschließen
Italian exclude [ɪkˈskluːd] vtescludere

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If thou have colleagues, respect them, and rather call them, when they look not for it, than exclude them , when they have reason to look to be called.
Me, she had dispensed from joining the group; saying, "She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner-- something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were--she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy, little children.
And desirous of putting an end to the interview, he pushed by her, and closed the door, as if to exclude the pain he felt.
 
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