exclude

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪksˈkluːd/
Hyphenation: ex‧clude
Rhymes: -uːd
Audio (US) (file)

Verb

exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)

(transitive) To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
(transitive) To expel; to put out.
to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
(transitive) To omit from consideration.
Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
(transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
(transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Synonyms

(bar from entering): debar, forbar, turn away; see also Thesaurus:shut out
(expel): eject, throw out, turf out; see also Thesaurus:kick out
(omit from consideration): exclude, omit; see also Thesaurus:omit

Antonyms

include

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/abocclusion' title='abocclusion'>abocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/benocclusion' title='benocclusion'>benocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/claustral' title='claustral'>claustral</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/claustrophobia' title='claustrophobia'>claustrophobia</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/claustrum' title='claustrum'>claustrum</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloister' title='cloister'>cloister</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloisterer' title='cloisterer'>cloisterer</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloisterless' title='cloisterless'>cloisterless</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloisterlike' title='cloisterlike'>cloisterlike</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloistral' title='cloistral'>cloistral</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloistre' title='cloistre'>cloistre</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/cloistress' title='cloistress'>cloistress</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/close' title='close'>close</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/disocclusion' title='disocclusion'>disocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/encloister' title='encloister'>encloister</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/enclose' title='enclose'>enclose</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/exclude' title='exclude'>exclude</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/exclusion' title='exclusion'>exclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/exclusive' title='exclusive'>exclusive</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/include' title='include'>include</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inclusion' title='inclusion'>inclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inclusive' title='inclusive'>inclusive</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inclusively' title='inclusively'>inclusively</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inclusiveness' title='inclusiveness'>inclusiveness</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/inclusivity' title='inclusivity'>inclusivity</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/malocclusion' title='malocclusion'>malocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/non-exclusive' title='non-exclusive'>non-exclusive</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/nonoccluded' title='nonoccluded'>nonoccluded</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/nonocclusion' title='nonocclusion'>nonocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occlude' title='occlude'>occlude</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occluded_front' title='occluded front'>occluded front</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occluder' title='occluder'>occluder</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occlusion' title='occlusion'>occlusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occlusional' title='occlusional'>occlusional</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/occlusive' title='occlusive'>occlusive</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/postocclusion' title='postocclusion'>postocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/pre-occluded' title='pre-occluded'>pre-occluded</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/preocclusion' title='preocclusion'>preocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/reocclude' title='reocclude'>reocclude</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/reoccluded' title='reoccluded'>reoccluded</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/reocclusion' title='reocclusion'>reocclusion</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/unoccluded' title='unoccluded'>unoccluded</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vasoocclusion' title='vasoocclusion'>vasoocclusion</a>

Translations

to bar from entering; keep out

Bulgarian: изключвам (bg) (izključvam)
Catalan: excloure (ca)
Danish: eksludere
Dutch: uitsluiten (nl), buitensluiten (nl)
Esperanto: ekskludi
Finnish: kieltää pääsy, torjua (fi)
French: exclure (fr)
Hebrew: לא הכליל‎ (lo hikhlíl)
Hungarian: kirekeszt (hu)
Japanese: 除外する (ja) (じょがいする, jogai-suru)

Lithuanian: išskirti, pašalinti (lt)
Maori: awere
Norwegian: utelukke, ekskludere
Polish: wykluczać (pl), wyłączać (pl) impf
Portuguese: excluir (pt)
Romanian: exclude (ro)
Russian: исключа́ть (ru) impf (isključátʹ), исключи́ть (ru) pf (isključítʹ)
Spanish: excluir (es)
Swedish: utelämna (sv), exkludera (sv)
Ukrainian: виключати (vyključaty)

to expel, put out

Finnish: erottaa (fi)
Maori: pei, pana, tūwhiti, atiati, whakapako
Portuguese: expelir (pt)

Russian: исключа́ть (ru) impf (isključátʹ), исключи́ть (ru) pf (isključítʹ)
Spanish: excluir (es)
Swedish: utesluta (sv)

to refuse to accept as valid

Bulgarian: отхвърлям (bg) (othvǎrljam)
Dutch: uitsluiten (nl)

Finnish: hylätä (fi)

to eliminate from diagnostic consideration

Dutch: uitsluiten (nl)
Finnish: sulkea pois
German: ausschließen (de)

Portuguese: excluir (pt)
Swedish: utesluta (sv)

Latin

Verb

exclūde

second-person singular present active imperative of exclūdō