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Definition: PRECLUDED |
PRECLUDEDImperative & past participle1. Of Preclude |
Date "PRECLUDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1776. (references) |
Crosswords: PRECLUDED |
| English words defined with "PRECLUDED": Estate in tail ♦ stay of execution. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "PRECLUDED": falling slag ♦ research park ♦ two-control-point method. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PRECLUDED": Preclude. (references) |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Where such charges are not precluded by any existing conventions, charges varying on different sections of a river may be levied on vessels using the navigable channels or their approaches, provided that they are intended solely to cover equitably the cost of maintaining in a navigable condition, or of improving, the river and its approaches, or to meet expenditure incurred in the interests of navigation. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Namibia | The inability of poorer families to pay the fees, which varied greatly between regions, precluded some children from attending school. (references) |
Nigeria | Public schools continued to be inadequate, and limited facilities precluded access to education for many children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Philippines | All had been precluded from refugee status. (references) |
Economic History | Japan | Although a military role for Japan in international affairs is precluded by its constitution and government policy, Japanese cooperation with the United States through the 1960 U.S.-Japan security treaty has been important to the peace and stability of East Asia. (references) |
Canada | Canada's federal Industry Minister has the authority to grant benefits to countries that are currently precluded, but has yet to make a decision with respect to American artists and producers. (references) | |
India | However, coalition politics, high interest rates, a large government fiscal deficit, inadequate infrastructure and volatile capital markets have precluded higher rates of economic growth. (references) | |
Human Rights | Tunisia | In July after beginning a hunger strike, he was transferred from the 9 Avril prison in Tunis to Borj Erroumi in Bizerte, 25 miles north of the capital, effectively ensuring that his aged parents would be precluded from visiting him. (references) |
Political Economy | Equatorial Guinea | In 1999 the Government promulgated a law that further restricted NGO's and precluded them from functioning in the area of human rights. (references) |
Kuwait | Women are not precluded from holding diwaniyas; however, such diwaniyas are uncommon and by tradition women are barred from the men's diwaniyas. (references) | |
Political Rights | Belarus | The OSCE/ODIHR observer mission (limited by the regime's refusal to allow the mission to travel to the country until 3 weeks before the election was held) noted in its final report that conditions in the months before the election precluded the possibility of a free, fair, transparent and accountable election. (references) |
Egypt | In addition previous convictions on such charges legally precluded many potential candidates from running. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully; however, continued political influence over the media and the use of coercive tactics by some nationalist parties precluded full citizen participation without intimidation. (references) | |
Trade | Philippines | Importers who fail to apply for classification are not precluded from importing; however, all their imports will be channeled through the red lane. (references) |
Worker Rights | Peru | The ILO has criticized specifically a provision that permits businesses to employ up to 30 percent of their workforce from workers between the ages of 16 to 25; workers in this age bracket are precluded from union membership and participation. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | The British Government have not only declined negotiation upon this subject, but by the principle they have assumed with reference to it have precluded even the means of negotiation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "PRECLUDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 50.89% of the time. "PRECLUDED" is used about 169 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 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 50.89% | 86 | 35,638 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 46.75% | 79 | 37,388 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 2.37% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 169 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "PRECLUDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 阻止 (Damped, Damping, Debar, Debarred, Debarring, Deter, Deterred, Deterring, forestall, Forestalled, forestalling, Preclude, Precluding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udelukkes uforvarende betjening (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | uitgesloten onopzettelijke bediening (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | le comportement de l'une des parties peut l'empêcher d'invoquer une telle disposition (a party may be precluded by his conduct from asserting such a provision), actionnement involontaire exclu (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schloß aus (foreclosed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αποκλεισμός της εξ αμελείας ενεργοποίησης (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ וע (abstinent, engine, motor, obviated, prevented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | azionamento involontario escluso (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 외하" (Excepted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecludedpray o comportamento de uma das partes pode impedi-la de invocar essa disposiçao (a party may be precluded by his conduct from asserting such a provision), accionamento involuntário impedido (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) предотвращать преотвращенный. (various references) funcionamiento accidental excluido (precluded inadvertent operation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PRECLUDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perclude, pleclude, prclude, preciude, preclud, proclude, procluded, procuded. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PRECLUDED" (pronounced prikluw"dud or prēkluw"dud) |
| 7 | -i k l uw" d u d | secluded. |
| 6 | -k l uw" d u d | concluded, excluded, included. |
| 5 | -l uw" d u d | alluded, colluded, deluded, eluded. |
| 4 | -uw" d u d | brooded, denuded, extruded, exuded, feuded, intruded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, demanded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, faded, fended, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, intended, interceded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
| 6 | -k l uw" d u d | concluded, excluded, included, secluded. |
| 5 | -l uw" d u d | alluded, colluded, deluded, eluded. |
| 4 | -uw" d u d | brooded, denuded, extruded, exuded, feuded, intruded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, demanded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, faded, fended, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, intended, interceded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, prodded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-l-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: decupled, preclude, preluded. | |
-2 letters: cuddler, cupeled, cupeler, curdled, decuple, deluder, peddler, prelude, puddler, reduced, ulcered. | |
-3 letters: cleped, creped, cuddle, curded, curdle, curled, deduce, delude, deuced, dueled, dueler, educed, eluded, eluder, peddle, pedler, perdue, puddle, pureed, purled, reddle, reduce, repled, ruddle. | |
-4 letters: ceded, ceder, cered, clepe, clued, creed, creel, creep, crepe, crude, cruel, cupel, cured. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-e-e-l-p-r-u" | |
+3 letters: prescheduled, reduplicated. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 45 43 4C 55 44 45 44 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . -.-. .-.. ..- -.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01000101 01000011 01001100 01010101 01000100 01000101 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R E C L U D E D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0045 0043 004C 0055 0044 0045 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)505239374655383938 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Historic 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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