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Exclude

//ɪksˈkluːd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out. transitive

    "One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...]."

  2. 2
    prevent from being included or considered or accepted wordnet
  3. 3
    To expel; to put out. transitive

    "to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs"

  4. 4
    prevent from entering; keep out wordnet
  5. 5
    To omit from consideration. transitive

    "Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers."

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  1. 6
    put out or expel from a place wordnet
  2. 7
    To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid. transitive
  3. 8
    prevent from entering; shut out wordnet
  4. 9
    To eliminate from diagnostic consideration. transitive
  5. 10
    lack or fail to include wordnet

Etymology

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

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