Exclude


[ik-sklood] /ɪkˈsklud/

verb (used with object), excluded, excluding.
1.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
2.
to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.:
Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest.
3.
to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject:
He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
/ɪkˈskluːd/
verb (transitive)
1.
to keep out; prevent from entering
2.
to reject or not consider; leave out
3.
to expel forcibly; eject
4.
to debar from school, either temporarily or permanently, as a form of punishment
v.

mid-14c., from Latin excludere “keep out, shut out, hinder,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + claudere “to close, shut” (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded; excluding.

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