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DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin

claudere

close or shut

Forms

  • claudere
  • claus- — The form used for completed action.
  • -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
  • -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.

Origin

Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.

Note

Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.

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verb

exclude

ik-SKLOOD/ɪkˈskluːd/

To keep someone or something from entering, participating, or being included.

The club excludes anyone who does not meet its requirements.

A doorway attendant keeps a visitor outside by holding a waist-high gate closed across the entrance and raising an unmistakable stop palm toward him.
Etymology
exLatinout, away; also thoroughly
+cludeLatinclose or shut

“Out” and “shut” combine into the image of shutting someone or something outside. This covers both preventing entry and keeping someone from sharing or participating.

In context

Bernard Fischer2:13
we exclude him from our holy mother church
Excommunication Scene from Becket

More examples

  • The listed price excludes shipping and taxes.
  • Please don't exclude me from the discussion.
  • The researchers excluded incomplete responses from their analysis.

Forms

exclude · excludes · excluded · excluding

exclusion noun — The act of keeping someone or something out.

Similar words

bar
Prevents entry or participation, often through an explicit rule.
omit
Leaves something out rather than actively preventing its entry.