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exclude

Pronunciation: /ɪkˈskluːd, ɛk-/
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Definition of exclude

verb

[with object]
  • 1deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:the public were excluded from the board meeting
  • keep (something) out of a place:apply flux to exclude oxygen
  • expel (a pupil) from school.
  • 2remove from consideration:one cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices
  • prevent the occurrence of:clauses seeking to exclude liability for loss or damage

Phrases

law (or principle) of the excluded middle

Logic the principle that one (and one only) of two contradictory propositions must be true.

Derivatives

excludable

adjective

excluder

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin excludere, from ex- 'out' + claudere 'to shut'

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