exclude
//ɪksˈkluːd//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- exclude
- past (v2)
- excluded
- past participle (v3)
- excluded
- present participle
- excluding
- 3rd person singular
- excludes
Definitions
1.To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
- One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].
2.To expel; to put out.
3.To omit from consideration.
- Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
4.To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3589
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exclūdō
From prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).