exclude

Meaning

1. (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
2. (transitive) To expel; to put out.
3. (transitive) To omit from consideration.
4. (transitive) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
5. (transitive) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Synonyms

except

leave out

omit

reject

expel

debar

eliminate

bar

shut out

keep out

exempt

remove

repel

ostracize

make an exception of

foreclose

take out

eject

set aside

leave off

deprive

push away

turn out

boot out

exclusion

turf out

count out

shut

get rid of

chuck out

banish

rule out

ostracise

isolate

disappoint

disallow

cast aside

despise

boycott

avoid

deprecate

deduct

blockade

decry

block

apportion

abstain from

exile

deal

excommunicate

Translations

exclure

escludere

ausschließen

excluir

excluir

uitzonderen

exceptuar

exceptuar

exceptuar

αποκλείω

ausnehmen

uitsluiten

espellere

excepter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪksˈkluːd/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).