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exclude

/ɪkˈskluːd/
ex · clude
Adverb:exclusively
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Adjective:exclusive
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Past Simple:excluded
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Past Participle:excluded
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Present Participle:excluding
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• verb

1

To deny someone access to or bar them from a place, group, or privilege.

Example

"The club voted to amend its charter so it could no longer exclude applicants based on gender."

2

To leave something out of a total, calculation, or set; to omit from consideration.

Example

"The stated price on the menu excludes local sales tax and gratuity."

3

To decide that a possibility, hypothesis, or explanation is untrue or impossible.

Example

"Investigators have not yet been able to exclude the possibility of mechanical failure."

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• Rhymes for exclude

• Nearby Words

exclaimer
exclamation
exclamatory
exclude
excluding
exclusion
exclusionary

Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excludere, meaning 'to shut out', formed from the prefix ex- ('out') and claudere ('to close, shut').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Exclude. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/exclude
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