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Definition of excluding

excluding

/ɪkˈskluːdɪŋ/
ex · clud · ing
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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excluding Lexical Profile

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• preposition

1

Not taking someone or something into account; apart from or except for.

Example

"The total cost is fifty dollars, excluding shipping and handling fees."

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• verb

1

To deny someone access to or bar someone from a place, group, or privilege (present participle of exclude).

Example

"By excluding junior staff from the planning meetings, management missed out on several fresh perspectives."

2

To remove from consideration or rule out as a possibility (present participle of exclude).

Example

"The investigators are not excluding the possibility of a mechanical failure."

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• Rhymes for excluding

• Nearby Words

exclamation
exclamatory
exclude
excluding
exclusion
exclusionary
exclusive

Word Origin & Etymology

Formed from the present participle of 'exclude', which comes from Middle English 'excluden', borrowed from Latin 'excludere', meaning 'to shut out' (from 'ex-' meaning 'out' + 'claudere' meaning 'to shut').

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