Exclude

Definition: Exclude

Exclude

Verb

1. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece".

2. Prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country".

3. Lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages".

4. Prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club".

5. Put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom".

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Date "exclude" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Note: Exclude \Ex*clude"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Excluded; present participle verb or noun Excluding.]. (references)

Synonyms: Exclude

Prohibition

Keep in, keep within bounds; restrain; cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction; put under the ban, place under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the door, bolt the door, show the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the banns.

Rejection

Verb: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline; (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.

Seclusion Exclusion

Cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round.

Simpleness

Sift, winnow, bolt, eliminate; exclude, get rid of; clear; purify; (clean); disentangle; (disjoin).

Crosswords: Exclude

Romanian (bar, cut, disbar, exclude, excommunicate, expel, oust, preclude, rule out, suspend).

Books

• Black Poetry: A Supplement to Anthologies Which Exclude Black Poets. (reference)

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Big Spring Creek on Little Eightmile Ranch, two miles of the creek were fenced to exclude livestock and protect the riparian habitat. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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But because no political society can be, nor subsist, without having in itself the power to preserve the property, and in order thereunto, punish the offences of all those of that society; there, and there only is political society, where every one of the members hath quitted this natural power, resigned it up into the hands of the community in all cases that exclude him not from appealing for protection to the law established by it. (Second Treatise of Government)

If the line fixed by the Principal Allied and Associated Powers is such as to exclude from East Prussia any part of the territory defined in Article 94, the renunciation of its rights by Germany in favour of Poland, as provided in Article 87 above, will extend to the territories so excluded. (reference)

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In the meteorological point of view, these cold winds had this peculiarity, that they did not exclude a strong electric tension

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Health

IBS usually is diagnosed after doctors exclude the presence of disease. (references)

Tests may be needed to exclude other conditions that have similar symptoms. (references)

Neurological assessment is necessary to identify and exclude other forms of neurological disease. (references)

Business

The warranty may exclude damage due to road hazards, tires and dealer installed options. (references)

Official statistics may exclude many female births, especially the second or third in a family. (references)

In a revision to the rule, the Bank in 1993 said it would exclude from the requirement non-funded exposures, such as letters of credit and guarantees. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cape Verde

The constitutional provision of freedom of expression was amended in 1999 to exclude using this freedom as a defense in cases involving defamation or offense to personal honor. (references)

Belarus

After the reregistration process had begun, the authorities announced that organizations would have to alter their charters to indicate recognition of the 1996 Constitution and to exclude the words "popular" or "national" from their titles. (references)

Discrimination

Romania

The Senate and the Chamber of Deputies passed the ordinance during the year, but the Chamber amended it to exclude sexual orientation as a basis for discrimination, while the Senate passed it unchanged. (references)

Economic History

Venezuela

Such tax credits are usually for five years from the date of the investment and exclude land. (references)

Botswana

Figures cover heavy-duty equipment such as forklifts and bulldozers, but exclude dump trucks. (references)

Morocco

There are some cross-shareholding arrangements, but they are not tailored to exclude foreign investment. (references)

Human Rights

Moldova

Courts do not exclude evidence that was obtained illegally. (references)

Georgia

Judges were reluctant to exclude evidence obtained illegally if the Procuracy objected. (references)

Ireland

Sessions of the SCC generally are public, but judges may exclude certain persons other than journalists. (references)

Minorities

Peru

Both the navy and the air force are believed widely to follow unstated policies that exclude blacks from the officer corps. (references)

Russia

Authorities, journalists in the press, and the public have been quick to label Muslims or Muslim organizations "Wahhabists," a term that has become synonymous with "extremists." On March 11, NTV reported that the Mordovian State University had instituted a careful selection process intended to exclude potential "Wahhabis;" the university did not define the term. (references)

Political Economy

TURKEY

Some U.S. exporters report that a new regulation restricting import of obsolete items has been applied arbitrarily to exclude equipment which has been manufactured more than a few months prior to importation. (references)

Political Rights

Congo

This law could be used to exclude opponents from the political process, and the threat of charges under this law may dissuade political figures that are in exile from returning to the country. (references)

Nicaragua

However, on November 8, Daniel Ortega alleged that irregularities in vote counting reduced the number of seats that his party received in Parliament, and the Conservative Party stated that the two main parties were trying to exclude them from parliament. (references)

Trade

Israel

In addition, Israeli standards totally exclude many fruits on phytosanitary grounds. (references)

Women

Cote d'Ivoire

Women's advocacy organizations continued to sponsor campaigns against forced marriage, marriage of minors, patterns of inheritance that exclude women, and other practices considered harmful to women and girls. (references)

Worker Rights

Bulgaria

These figures exclude children performing unpaid work within the household or on a family farm. (references)

Zimbabwe

The ZCTU stated that the definition of manager in the LRAA was overly broad and criticized the Government and private sector for using it to exclude managers from the collective bargaining process. (references)

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Expressions using "exclude": exclude one another ♦ exclude the public. Additional references.

Afrikaans

uitsluit. (various references)

Albanian

përjashtoj (bar, cast out, count out, dispense, disqualify, drop, eliminate, except, excommunicate, expel, forbid, foreclose, oust, reject, rule out, score out, send down, weed out), lë jashtë (elide, except, leave out, miss out, omit, pretermit, shut out). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منع (averting, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, debar, deny, deprive, deter, estop, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, preclude, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), ‏قصى (disbar, eliminate, estrange), ‏إستثنى (except), ‏إستبعد (eliminate, preclude, shut out), ‏أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, preclude, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отлъчвам (dissociate, interdict, separate), не допускам (estop, shut out), изключвам (disconnect, disengage, eliminate, except, expel, foreclose, intercept, leave out, open, preclude, remove, rule out, shut off, throw out, trip, ungear). (various references)

Chinese 

排除 (rule out). (various references)

Czech

vylouèit (debar, disqualify, eliminate, except, expel, foreclose, negate, pip, preclude, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out). (various references)

Danish

udelukke pressen og offentligheden (exclude the press and the public), udelukke fra retsforhandlingerne (exclude from the proceedings), udelukke (secrete), den faelles ordning boer udelukke enhver form for forskelsbehandling af forbrugere (the common organisation shall exclude any discrimination between consumers). (various references)

Dutch

uitsluiten (lock out, lock-out, protection, to exclude). (various references)

Esperanto

escepti (except), ekskluzivi, ekskludi. (various references)

Farsi 

محروم کردن (Bereave, Deprive, Devest, Disappoint, Dispossess, Divest, Evacuate, Geld), مستثنی کردن , مانع شدن (Ail, Debar, Hamper, Hinder, Holdup, Impede, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Resist, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), راه ندادن به , بیرون نگاه داشتن از. (various references)

Finnish

sulkea pois (debar from, rule out), poistaa (abolish, deduct, delete, do away with, eliminate, remove, strike out, take out, withdraw, write off), jättää pois (leave off smoking, leave out, omit). (various references)

French

exempter (except, excuse, exempt), exclure (except, expel). (various references)

German

ausschließen (bar, blackball, debar, deprive, disqualify, draw out, drive out, eliminate, except, expel, express, forbid, foreclose, give utterance to, leave out, lock out, preclude, precluding, pull out, rule out, space out, suspend, to exclude, to foreclose, to space out, utter), ausnehmen (clean, clean out, dress, eviscerate, except, exempt, fleece, pull, raid, remove, shake down, take out). (various references)

Greek 

αποκλείω (ban, blockade, cordon off, count out, debar, eliminate, foreclose, preclude, seclude, shut out). (various references)

Hebrew 

למעט (decrease, excluding, exclusive of, lessen, reduce, slight, with the exeption of, without), למנוע הכללות, להוציא מן הכלל. (various references)

Hungarian

kizár (bar, disbar, disqualify, estop, foreclose, lock out, rub out, rule out, shut out, to blackball, to close off, to disbar, to disqualify, to except, to exclude, to expel, to foreclose, to keep out, to lock out, to shut out, to strangulate), kirekeszt (debar, keep out, shut out, to debar, to disbar, to eliminate, to exclude, to shut out). (various references)

Indonesian

melarang masuk. (various references)

Italian

escludere (bar, debar, disqualify, exclude one another, foreclose, leave out, rule out). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

除く　 (to except, to exclude, to remove), 除く (to except, to exclude, to remove), 門戸を閉ざす (to close the door to, to exclude), 無駄を省く (to exclude wastefulness), 予定から外す (to exclude from the schedule). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

のぞく (aster, to except, to exclude, to look in, to peek in, to peep in, to remove, to stick out, wild chrysanthemum), むだをはぶく (to exclude wastefulness), もんこをとざす (to close the door to, to exclude), よていからはずす (to exclude from the schedule). (various references)

Korean 

제하십시요. (various references)

Manx

jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), giarrey magh (cut out, excise office, excision, punch out), faagail mooie (leave out). (various references)

Norwegian

utelukke. (various references)

Pig Latin

excludeay.(various references)

Portuguese

excluir (bar, bar from, bar out, barrier off, debar, delete, except, exscind, foreclose, preclude, reserve, rule out, seclude, shut off, strike out). (various references)

Romanian

expulza (banish, bounce, expel), exclude (bar, cut, disbar, excommunicate, expel, oust, preclude, rule out, suspend), excepta (except), ostraciza (banish, expel, ostracize). (various references)

Russian 

исключать (bar, be exclusive of, delete, eliminate, except, expel, foreclose, gate out, oust, rule out, truncate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odstraniti (debar, do away, get rid of, remove), isključiti (deal out, debar, declutch, disconnect, except, preclude, proscribe, rule out, shut out, turn off, unplug). (various references)

Spanish

excluir (bar, cut out, debar, except, include out, keep out, preclude, reject, rule out, shut out, squeeze out). (various references)

Swedish

utesluta (eliminate, leave out, ostracize, preclude, preclude from, rule out, shut out). (various references)

Turkish

kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, repulse, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), içeri almamak (bar out, keep out, not to let in, shut), hariç tutmak (dispense, except), dahil etmemek (count out), dışlamak (deport, externalize), dışında tutmak (except, leave out), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

Ukrainian

виключати (arrest, bar, count out, cut away, cut off, declutch, dismember, eliminate, except, expel, foreclose, open, oust, rule out, send down, shut out), виганяти (banish, boo, boot out, chase, dislodge, dispossess, eject, evict, exile, expel, oust, proscribe, put out of, send off, throw out, thrust out, turn out), вилучати (exempt, withdraw). (various references)

Welsh

eithrio (bar, except). (various references)

excludant, excludere, excluditur, excludo, exclusa, exclusisti, exclusit. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "exclude": excluded, excluder, excluders, excludes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Exclude" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Escaude, exclide, exclud, excludor, excrude, excule, exlude, sexclone. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: deluxe.

-2 letters: clued, culex, deuce, educe, elude, excel, exude.

-3 letters: cede, clue, cued, dele, duce, duel, exec, leud, luce, lude, luxe.

-4 letters: cee, cel, cud, cue, dee, del, dex, due, ecu, eel, eld, led, lee, leu, lex, lux.

-5 letters: de, ed, el, ex, xu.

+1 letter: excluded, excluder, excludes.

+2 letters: excluders.

+3 letters: excludable, excludible, exculpated, unexcelled.

+5 letters: unexpectedly.