exclude
Other forms: excluded; excluding; excludes
Exclude means to leave out — like when the cool kids won't let you in on their game of four-square or the pizza guy leaves your neighborhood out from his delivery zone.
Exclude comes to us from the Latin word excludere, which means "to shut." So essentially, when you exclude someone you slam the door in their face one way or another: You won't let them into the party, you leave them off the invite list, or refuse to include them in the conversation once they arrive. Needless to say, excluding others is not very nice.
Definitions of exclude
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prevent from entering; shut out“This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country”
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Antonyms:
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admit, include, let in
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
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accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community
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curse, excommunicate, unchurch
exclude from a church or a religious community
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lock out
prevent employees from working during a strike
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ostracise, ostracize
avoid speaking to or dealing with
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boycott
refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with
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admit, include, let in
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prevent from entering; keep out
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prevent from being included or considered or accepted“The bad results were excluded from the report”
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include
consider as part of something
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type of:
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do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
terminate, end, or take out
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include
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lack or fail to include
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put out or expel from a place“The unruly student was excluded from the game”
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evict, force out
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
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evict
expel or eject without recourse to legal process
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show the door
ask to leave
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bounce
eject from the premises
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exorcise, exorcize
expel through adjuration or prayers
Pronunciation
US
/ɛksˈklud/
UK
/ɛksˈklud/
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