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DictionaryexcludeKeep out
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
+cludeLatinclose, 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.