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Definition: Preclusion |
PreclusionNoun1. The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preclusion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
Etymology: Preclusion \Pre*clu"sion\, noun. [Latin expression praeclusio. See Preclude.]. (references) |
Synonyms: PreclusionSynonyms: forestalling (n), obviation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Exclusion | Noun: exclusion, nonadmission, omission, exception, rejection, repudiation; exile; (seclusion); noninclusion, preclusion, prohibition. |
Hindrance | Noun: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism; infarct; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, retardation; embarrassment, oppilation; coarctation, stricture, restriction; restraint; inhibition; blockade; (closure). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
preclusion | 17 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "preclusion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | pengim (delay, hindrance, holdback, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, occlusion, stumble), pengesë (balk, bar, barrier, baulk, block, boom, chock, clog, cramp, crash barrier, cumber, detention, difficulty, dike, disadvantage, drag, drawback, encumbrance, fetter, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hitch, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, interruption, jamming, liability, manacle, mash, obstacle, obstruction, pullback, retardation, retardment, rub, setback, stay, stoppage, stumbling block, stumbling-stone, stunt, traverse, trip up), pamundësim, ndalues (interdictory, preclusive, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, staying, stopper). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | спъване (false step, prevention, retardation, retardment, snub), спънка (backset, balk, baulk, countercheck, cramp, difficulty, drawback, hindrance, hitch, hobble, impediment, interference, interruption, kink, liability, manacle, obstacle, pull back, setback, shoal, stumbling block), отстраняване (elimination, removal, suspension), пречка (bit, block, blockage, check, clog, cross, difficulty, disadvantage, disqualification, embarrassment, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, kibosh, let, liability, manacle, obstacle, pull back, remora, rub, setback, spoke, stay, stop, stumbling-stone, traverse), попречване (prevention), изключване (closure, cutoff, disconnection, disconnexion, elimination, exclusion, expulsion, release, shut off). (various references) | |
Czech | vylouèení (disqualification, elimination, exclusion, excommunication, expulsion, shutout, suspension). (various references) | |
French | empêchement (prevention). (various references) | |
German | Ausschluss (disqualification, elimination, exclusion, expulsion, suspension), Ausschluß (exclusion). (various references) | |
Greek | παρεμπόδιση (blockade, impeding, obstruction, obtrusiveness, prevention), απόκλειση (exclusion). (various references) | |
Italian | preclusione. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eclusionpray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | impossibilidade (can't, impossibility), impedimento (arrest, balk, batman, clog, cramp, delay, deterrent, embargo, estoppel, gag, hindrance, hitch, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, patency, preventer, prevention, preventive, stop, stoppage, trammels), exclusão (debarkment, elimination, exception, exclusion, omission). (various references) | |
Russian | препятствие (balk, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, discouragement, disincentive, drawback, encumbrance, hedge, holdback, hurdle, impediment, leap, manacle, obstacle, obstruction, pull back, setback, traverse). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | isključenje (exclusion, expulsion, proscription). (various references) | |
Spanish | prevención (forethought, prevention), exclusión (debarment, estoppel, exclusion). (various references) | |
Swedish | uteslutande (debarment, elimination, exclusion, exclusive, exclusively, solely), förhindrande (avoidance, hindrance, prevention). (various references) | |
Turkish | menetme (inhibition), engel olma (blocking, disallowance, obstruction), alıkoyma (constraint, detention, interception, retardation, retention, stay, stoppage), önleme (arrest, avoiding, circumvention, containment, frustration, hindrance, interception, prevention, suppression). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | усунення (abolishment, abolition, amendment, amputation, dethronement, disposal, elimination, obviation, removal, withdrawal), перешкода (back-set, baffle, balk, bar, barricade, barrier, block, bridle, check, clog, contrariety, countercheck, cramp, cumber, dike, disability, discouragement, drawback, dyke, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, hitch, hold back, interference, leap, marplot, nuisance, obex, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obstructive, occlusor, pullback, stop, trammels, traverse, wall). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự trừ bỏ (divestiture, divestment), sự ngăn ngừa (prevention), sự loại trừ (estoppage), sự đẩy xa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "preclusion": preclusions. (additional references) | |
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"Preclusion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: preluciand. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "preclusion" (pronounced prikluw"zhun or prēkluw"zhun) |
| 7 | -i k l uw" zh u n | seclusion. |
| 6 | -k l uw" zh u n | conclusion, exclusion, inclusion, occlusion. |
| 5 | -l uw" zh u n | allusion, collusion, delusion, disillusion, illusion. |
| 4 | -uw" zh u n | confusion, contusion, diffusion, extrusion, fusion, infusion, intrusion, profusion, transfusion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, conversion, corrosion, decision, derision, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, excursion, explosion, immersion, implosion, incision, incursion, indecision, invasion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occasion, persuasion, perversion, precision, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, version, vision. |
| 6 | -k l uw" zh u n | conclusion, exclusion, inclusion, occlusion, seclusion. |
| 5 | -l uw" zh u n | allusion, collusion, delusion, disillusion, illusion. |
| 4 | -uw" zh u n | confusion, contusion, diffusion, extrusion, fusion, infusion, intrusion, profusion, transfusion. |
| 3 | -zh u n | abrasion, aspersion, aversion, circumcision, cohesion, collision, conversion, corrosion, decision, derision, dispersion, diversion, division, envision, equation, erosion, evasion, excision, excursion, explosion, immersion, implosion, incision, incursion, indecision, invasion, inversion, lesion, misprision, occasion, persuasion, perversion, precision, provision, recision, rescission, reversion, revision, suasion, subdivision, submersion, subversion, supervision, television, version, vision. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: inclosure, prelusion, pronuclei, reclusion, replicons, repulsion, supercoil. | |
-2 letters: coinsure, conspire, couplers, incloser, incorpse, licensor, perilous, pinocles, pouncers, precious, prolines, pruinose, purlines, purloins, replicon, surplice. | |
-3 letters: cineols, cloners, closeup, closure, coenuri, coilers, coiners, colures, copiers, cornels, counsel, coupler, couples, crepons, crispen, cronies, croupes, elusion, epsilon, inclose, inpours, insculp, leprous, leucins, lineups, lousier, lucerns, lupines. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-l-n-o-p-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: preclusions. | |
+2 letters: corpulencies, cupronickels, neuroleptics, perniciously, supercoiling, supercooling. | |
+3 letters: ceruloplasmin, counselorship, inoperculates. | |
+4 letters: ceruloplasmins, counselorships, incorruptibles, nucleoproteins, pertinaciously, preconsciously, proventriculus, reduplications, republications, supersonically, ultraprecision. | |
+5 letters: conceptualizers, multiprocessing, overspeculating, overspeculation, prepublications, recapitulations, ultraprecisions, uncompromisable. | |
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