Definition of exclude Exclude

/ɪkskluˈd/ - [iksklud] - ex•clude

We found 16 definitions of exclude from 6 different sources.

What does exclude mean?

WordNet

Verb excludes, excluding, excluded
exclude - prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece"
		except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
		include add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"
		do away with, get rid of, extinguish, eliminate dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
		elide leave or strike out; "This vowel is usually elided before a single consonant"
exclude - prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
		keep out, shut out, shut
		let in, include, admit add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"
		prevent, keep stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"
		unchurch, excommunicate, curse exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
		lock out prevent employees from working during a strike
		ostracise, ostracize avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
exclude - lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
		include add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; "We must include this chemical element in the group"
		lack, miss fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
exclude - put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
		eject, chuck out, turf out, boot out, turn out
		kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
		evict, force out expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
		evict expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
		show the door ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
		bounce hit something so that it bounces; "bounce a ball"
		exorcise, exorcize expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits"
exclude - prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
		bar, debar
		disallow, nix, prohibit, proscribe, forbid, interdict, veto command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

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Wiktionary

exclude (Verb)
To bar someone from entering; to keep out.
exclude (Verb)
To expel; to put out.
exclude (Verb)
To refuse to accept as valid.
exclude (Verb)
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

exclude (v. t.)
To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.
exclude (v. t.)
To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

exclude
To refuse to accept as valid.
exclude
To bar someone from entering; to keep out.
exclude
To prevent from entering; to keep out (e.g. of membership).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

exclude
eks-klōōd′, v.t. to close or shut out: to thrust out: to hinder from entrance: to hinder from participation: to except.—ns. Exclu′sion, a shutting or putting out: ejection: exception; Exclu′sionism; Exclu′sionist, one who excludes, or would exclude, another from a privilege.—adj. Exclu′sive, able or tending to exclude: debarring from participation: sole: not taking into account.—n. one of a number who exclude others from their society.—adv. Exclu′sively.—ns. Exclu′siveness; Exclu′sivism.—adj. Exclu′sory, exclusive.—Exclusive dealing, the act of abstaining deliberately from any business or other transactions with persons of opposite political or other convictions to one's own—a euphemism for boycotting (q.v.). [L. excludĕre—ex, out, claudĕre, to shut.]