EXCLUDING

Definition: EXCLUDING

EXCLUDING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Exclude

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "EXCLUDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Exclusion	Adjective: excluding; Verb: exclusive. excluded; Verb: unrecounted, not included in; inadmissible.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Excluding the possibility that a female Scandinavian Olympian was running around outside our house last night, what else could it have been? (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Let's not be excluding people. (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The 2000 Import and Export Market for Wool and Other Animal Hair Excluding Wool Tops in Argentina (reference) The World Market for Manufactures of Wood for Domestic or Decorative Use Excluding Furniture: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Unmilled Cereals Excluding Wheat, Rice, Barley and Maize in United Kingdom (reference) The 2002 World Forecasts of Textile Under Garments excluding Undershirts Export Supplies (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Textile under Garments Excluding Undershirts in Indonesia (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Excluding Violent Youths from Juvenile Court: The Effectiveness of Legislative Waiver (Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship) (reference) Government Art Collection of the United Kingdom: The Twentieth Century: Works Excluding Prints: A Summary Catalogue (reference) The Collected Poems of Charles Olson: Excluding the Maximus Poems (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	Projectornet Cable Kit All Cabl Combinations - Excluding 700 (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The floating cross at the mouth of the trap. Excluding the statuette of St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, which is traditionally always the same, each Rais places his own images of saints. The cross serves the functional purpose of helping the fishermen read the currents. Slack water is the most desirable time to start the fishing operation.Credit: Fisheries.		Some of the shrimp trawlers based at Biloxi. Many shrimp vessels are owned by Vietnamese-American fishermen. Note the Turtle Excluding Devices (TEDS) in the nets.Credit: Fisheries.
	Some of the shrimp trawlers based at Biloxi. Many shrimp vessels are owned by Vietnamese-American fishermen. Note the Turtle Excluding Devices (TEDS) in the nets.Credit: Fisheries.		Plant physiologist Leon Kochain (left) and molecular biologist David Garvin check wheat plants for aluminum tolerance. Some wheat and corn plants can tolerate aluminum by excluding the metal from the root tip. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
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Author	Quotation
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne	I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
US Constitution	1791	Clause 3: Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Of the twelve persons representing the Governments eight shall be nominated by the Members which are of the chief industrial importance, and four shall be nominated by the Members selected for the purpose by the Government Delegates to the Conference, excluding the Delegates of the eight Members mentioned above. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Tests should be directed toward confirming or excluding other etiologic possibilities. (references)
		Doctors arrive at a diagnosis of PPS by observing the patient and asking about symptoms, and by excluding other disorders. (references)
		The use of tests to diagnose CFS (as opposed to excluding other diagnostic possibilities) should be done only in the setting of protocol-based research. (references)
Business		The Argentine frozen food market is small, accounting for only about $100 million in total sales, excluding ice cream. (references)
		The Lithuanian economy has experienced steady GDP growth during the 90's, excluding a decline in 1999, which was the result of the economic crisis in Russia. (references)
		The flooring products market, including wood, synthetics or specialty materials (but excluding wool rugs, ceramics and tiles) is estimated at USD 1 billion annually. (references)
Civil Liberties	Barbados	The Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television service (the only television source, excluding direct satellite reception) is government-owned. (references)
	Singapore	Persons who wish to speak at a public function, excluding functions provided by or under the auspices of the Government, must obtain a public entertainment license from the police. (references)
	Germany	Refugee assistance organizations have expressed concern regarding courts' interpretations of certain provisions related to the right of asylum, notably the practice of excluding "quasi-governmental" persecution as a basis for granting asylum. (references)
Economic History	Sweden	The sporting goods market excluding sports wear is worth approx. (references)
	Australia	All carriers, excluding Telstra (with 51 percent Government ownership), are private. (references)
	Japan	Japan is the largest overseas market for the United States, excluding Canada and Mexico. (references)
Human Rights	Taiwan	Increasingly judges are excluding illegally obtained evidence, although in the past such evidence was admitted and frequently provided the basis for conviction. (references)
Political Economy	Burma	In June 1999 the ILO took the unprecedented step of excluding Burma from all ILO meetings and programs, except those concerning Burma. (references)
	SOUTH AFRICA	The SARB uses CPIX (Consumer Price Index for metropolitan and urban areas excluding interest costs on mortgage bonds) as the benchmark for inflation targeting. (references)
Political Rights	Hong Kong	In December 2000 the Court of Final Appeal ended a century-old practice of excluding nonindigenous villagers from participating in rural elections. (references)
Trade	Czech Rep	The national insurance deposit scheme covers 90 percent of deposits up to US$12,000, excluding foreign currency deposits. (references)
	Lebanon	No specific conditions are imposed on the import and sale of new medical devices (including veterinary, but excluding x-ray) in Lebanon. (references)
Travel	Ghana	Charges are approximately USD 50-80 per day, excluding fuel expenses, for chauffeur-driven cars. (references)
	New Zealand	Traveling in New Zealand is as easy as traveling in the U.S. Car transportation (rental, taxi, and purchase) is problem free, excluding the requirement of driving on the left hand side of the road. (references)
	Senegal	The Embassy has advised U.S. citizens to avoid travel to the area south of the Casamance River from the Ziguinchor-Bissau road east to the village of Tanaf, excluding the towns of Ziguinchor and Cap Skirring. (references)
Worker Rights	Jordan	Union by-laws limit membership to citizens, effectively excluding the country's approximately 1.5 million foreign workers. (references)
	Comoros	The wage labor force is small, and numbers less than 7,000 including government employees, and less than 2,000 excluding them. (references)
	Liberia	The law requires a minimum wage of approximately $0.25 (10 ld) per hour not exceeding 8 hours per day, excluding benefits, for unskilled laborers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Before the expiration of the charter the stock-holders of the bank obtained an act of incorporation from the legislature of Pennsylvania, excluding only the United States.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"EXCLUDING" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 59.73% of the time. "EXCLUDING" is used about 1,104 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Preposition (except "of")	59.73%	659	9,937
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	40.27%	445	13,012
Total	100.00%	1,104	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "EXCLUDING": alien-excluding, care-excluding, naught-excluding, self-excluding, weed-excluding.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "EXCLUDING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		me përjashtim të (but for, except, except for, excepting, save). (various references)

Arabic		‏مانعا, ‏ما عدا (bar, but, except, excepting, exclusively, save), ‏أبعد عن. (various references)

Bulgarian		с изключение на (barring, but, except, excepting, outside, save, with reservation of), като се изключи, като изключим (aside from). (various references)

Chinese		�'除 (Elimination, Exclude, Excluded, Exclusion), 之外 (outside). (various references)

Czech		nepoèítaje. (various references)

Danish		produktionsafgifter ekskl.moms omfatter alle skatter og afgifter,som rammer produktionen ekskl.moms (taxes linked to production excluding VAT comprise all taxes and duties other than VAT which are applied to productive activity;they are broken down into a)taxes on products and b)other taxes linked to production), produktion i producentpriser eksklusive faktureret moms (at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT, output), producentpris eksklusive faktureret moms (producers'price excluding invoiced VAT), import i cif-priser plus importafgifter eksklusive faktureret moms (at ex-customs prices excluding invoiced VAT, imports), ikke-monetært guld,undtagen guldmalme og-koncentrater (excluding gold, gold, non-monetary, ores and concentrates), gødningsstoffer,rå undtagen gødningsstoffer henhørende under afdeling 56,og mineraler,rå,undtagen kul,olie og ædelsten (and crude minerals, crude fertilizers, excluding coal, other than those of division 56, petroleum and precious stones), fordelt produktion i producentpriser eksklusive faktureret moms (distributed output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), faktisk produktion i producentpriser eksklusive faktureret moms (actual output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), cif-pris plus importafgifter eksklusive faktureret moms (ex-customs price excluding invoiced VAT), bruttovaerditilvaeksten i markedspriser ekskl.al moms angiver saldoen mellem produktionen ekskl.faktureret moms og forbruget af raa-og hjaelpestoffer ekskl.al moms,dvs.hvad enten den er fradragsberettiget eller ej (gross value added at market prices excluding all VAT denotes the balance between output excluding invoiced VAT and intermediate consumption excluding all(deductible and non-deductible)VAT), bruttovaeditilvaeksten i markedspriser er saldoen for branchernes eller sektorernes produktionskonto.I nettosystemet for momsregistrering angiver det saldoen mellem produktionen ekskl.faktureretmoms og forbruget af raa-og hjaelpestoffer ekskl.fradragsbere (gross value added at market prices is the balancing item of the production account.In the system of net recording of VAT it is used to denote the balance between output excluding invoiced VAT and intermediate consumption excluding deductible VAT), blad-og stængelgrønsager,ekskl.kål (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), alle varetilknyttede afgifter,netto,som branchen betaler af forbrugte produkter,undtagen fradragsberettiget moms (excluding deductible VAT, total net taxes paid by the branch itself on products used). (various references)

Dutch		werkelijke produktie tegen prijzen af-producent zonder in rekening gebrachte BTW (actual output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), verdeelde produktie tegen prijzen af-producent zonder in rekening gebrachte BTW (distributed output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), produktie tegen prijzen af-producent zonder in rekeniung gebrachte BTW (at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT, output), niet-monetair goud,m.u.v.gouderts en concentraten daarvan (excluding gold, gold, non-monetary, ores and concentrates), natuurlijke meststoffen,m.u.v.die van afdeling 56,en ruwe minerale produkten,m.u.v.steenkool,aardolie en edelstenen (and crude minerals, crude fertilizers, excluding coal, other than those of division 56, petroleum and precious stones), invoer tegen prijzen af-grens zonder in rekening gebrachte BTW (at ex-customs prices excluding invoiced VAT, imports), blad-en stengelgroenten anders dan kool (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), alle nettobelastingen die door de branche op de verbruikte produkten...zijn betaald,met uitzondering van de aftrekbare BTW (excluding deductible VAT, total net taxes paid by the branch itself on products used). (various references)

Finnish		lukuun ottamatta (with the exception of). (various references)

French		sauf (except, except for, excepting, Exclusion). (various references)

German		exklusive (exclusive, exclusive of, exclusively), ohne (devoid, un, voidly, wihtout, with no, without), mit ausnahme von, ausschließend (debaring, debarring, foreclosing, precluding, preclusive, prohibitive, shutout). (various references)

Greek		μη συμεριλαμβανώμενος. (various references)

Hebrew		מלב�" (apart from, aside from, besides, only, save, supra), למעט (decrease, exclude, exclusive of, lessen, reduce, slight, with the exeption of, without), ל�"וציא את (apart from, except for, unless), חוץ מן- (apart from, besides, but, except, except for, excepting, without), בלי (decay, except for, wearing out, without). (various references)

Hungarian		kivételével (except). (various references)

Italian		esente (clear, Except, Exclusion, exempt, free, freely, immune, unenslaved, untrapped), es. (Except, Exclusion). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"�夷論 (principle of excluding foreigners), � �合�'除き (excluding the case when, when not). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ばあい�'のぞき (excluding the case when, when not), じょういろ�" (principle of excluding foreigners). (various references)

Korean		� �. (various references)

Manx		magh voish (except). (various references)

Pig Latin		excludingay

Portuguese		produtos hortícolas de folha e de talo,excepto couves (leafy or stalked vegetables excluding brassicas), produção efectiva a preços � saída da fábrica excluindo IVA facturado (actual output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), produção distribuída a preços � saída da fábrica excluindo IVA facturado (distributed output at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT), produção a preços � saída da fábrica excluindo IVA facturado (at producers'prices excluding invoiced VAT, output), preço � saída da fábrica excluindo IVA facturado (producers'price excluding invoiced VAT), preço � saída da alfândega excluindo IVA facturado (ex-customs price excluding invoiced VAT), ouro para uso não monetário,excluindo minerais e concentrados de ouro (excluding gold, gold, non-monetary, ores and concentrates), importações a preços � saída da alfândega excluindo IVA facturado (at ex-customs prices excluding invoiced VAT, imports), conjunto dos impostos líquidos pagos pelo ramo sobre os produtos utilizados � excepção do IVA dedutível (excluding deductible VAT, total net taxes paid by the branch itself on products used), adubos em bruto,que não figuram na divisão 56,e minerais,excluindo hulha,petróleo e gemas (and crude minerals, crude fertilizers, excluding coal, other than those of division 56, petroleum and precious stones). (various references)

Russian		исключая (barring, except, excepting, exclusive of, save and except, saving). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		odbačeno, izuzimajući (bating, excepting), izbačeno. (various references)

Spanish		con excepción de (except, excepting). (various references)

Swedish		exklusive (exclusive of). (various references)

Turkish		hariç (bar, barring, but, but the, except for, excepting, not including, save, short). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"EXCLUDING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exculting, exxcluding. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "EXCLUDING" (pronounced ikskluw"ding)
6	-k l uw" d i ng	concluding, including, precluding.
5	-l uw" d i ng	alluding, colluding, deluding, eluding.
4	-uw" d i ng	brooding, denuding, extruding, feuding, intruding, protruding.
3	-d i ng	abiding, abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, biding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, breeding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, chiding, clouding, codding, coding, coinciding, colliding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, condescending, confiding, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, deciding, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, demanding, depending, deriding, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, dividing, downgrading, downloading, dreading, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, exceeding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, fading, featherbedding, feeding, fending, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, gliding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, guiding, handholding, handing, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hiding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, intending, interceding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, presiding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, providing, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, residing, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, riding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, siding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sliding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, striding, subsiding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, tiding, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-g-i-l-n-u-x"
	-2 letters: clinged, clueing, deucing, dueling, educing, eluding, exuding, include, indulge, nuclide.
	-3 letters: ceding, cluing, cudgel, cueing, dingle, engild, guiled, gulden, induce, leucin, lunged, nuclei.
	-4 letters: cline, cling, clued, clung, cuing, culex, deign, dinge, dunce, gelid, genic, glide, glued, guide, guild, guile, index, indue, ingle, lined, lucid, ludic, luged, lunge, lungi, nixed, nudge, nudie, uncle.
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