preclude
English
Alternative forms
- præclude (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praeclūdere.
Pronunciation
- (US, UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈkluːd/, /pɹiːˈkluːd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːd
Verb
preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)
- (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 15:
- "Now, own the truth,—are you not very sorry that my having been in the opposition precludes your going to the most brilliant fête of the season?"
- 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271:
- This is of unusual importance at Perth, compared with other modern yards, because the restricted scope for layout development precluded provision of a separate track as a head shunt at the southern end of the yard site. When such a facility is required, the main line has to be employed.
- 2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in livescience, retrieved 2013-09-30:
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
- 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 61:
- All the overnight trains were composed of Mk 1 vehicles that had vacuum brakes. This precluded the use of new Class 87s, which only had train air braking equipment, [...].
Derived terms
- precludable
- preclusive
Related terms
- preclusion
Translations
rule out
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preˈklu.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: pre‧clù‧de
Verb
preclude
- third-person singular present indicative of precludere