Preclude

Definition: Preclude

Preclude

Verb

1. Keep from happening of arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer".

2. Make impossible, esp. beforehand.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "preclude" was first used: 1618. (references)

Note: Preclude \Pre*clude"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Precluded; present participle verb or noun Precluding.]. (references)

Synonyms: Preclude

Hindrance

Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict.

Crosswords: Preclude

Health

Methodological problems preclude precise estimates of the cost of ADHD to society. (references)

Concurrent medical conditions are frequently present in elderly persons and should not preclude a diagnosis of depression. (references)

Many conditions that are primary causes of chronic fatigue preclude the diagnosis of the chronic fatigue syndrome or idiopathic chronic fatigue. (references)

Business

High prices might discourage a buyer from engaging in any trade discussions and preclude any opportunity for the presentation of product advantages. (references)

Since introduction of new irrigation techniques means better productivity, it will preclude the necessity of opening new areas, and avoid substantial environmental impact and degradation. (references)

Children

Laos

Education is free and compulsory through the fifth grade; however, fees for books, uniforms, and equipment, among other things, preclude children from rural areas and poor urban families from complying with this requirement. (references)

Civil Liberties

Fiji

Many academics write articles for the media and include disclaimers in their work to preclude contract or work permit problems. (references)

Economic History

Japan

Prompt filing in Japan is important because printed publication of a description of the invention anywhere in the world, or knowledge or use of the invention in Japan, prior to the filing date of the Japanese application would preclude the grant of a patent on the application. (references)

Human Rights

Bangladesh

However, some provisions of the law preclude the granting of bail. (references)

East Timor

UNTAET regulations, which are based on the U.N. Convention on Civil and Political Rights, explicitly preclude arbitrary arrest and detention, and require a hearing within 72 hours of arrest to review the lawfulness of the arrest and detention. (references)

Indigenous People

Indonesia

Some critics claim that transmigration has been used as a political tool to increase the number of nonindigenous persons in certain areas in part to preclude secessionist movements by indigenous people. (references)

Political Economy

PERU

However, in an effort to preclude competition from foreign investors in recent privatizations of electrical utilities, COPRI, the Privatization Agency, has interpreted that a foreign company or individual is an investor only when the company or individual has actually invested, not when it is considering investing. (references)

CHILE

Chile's unique beef grading and labeling requirements effectively preclude imports of U.S. beef. (references)

Political Rights

Russia

Despite applicable term-limit laws that appeared to preclude a third term by the incumbent President Mikhail Nikolayev as a candidate; it also registered Shtyrov as a candidate, despite allegations that he failed to meet the legal requirements for registration. (references)

Worker Rights

Malawi

Budgetary constraints largely preclude minimum work age and child labor law enforcement by police and MOLVT inspectors. (references)

Suriname

Resource constraints and lack of trained personnel preclude the division from making regular inspections of industry. (references)

Saint Lucia

Strikes in both the public and private sectors are legal, but there are many avenues through collective bargaining agreements and government procedures that may preclude a strike. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "preclude": preclude all doubt ♦ preclude from. Additional references.

Albanian

pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), parandaloj (forbid, forestall, head off, obviate, prevent, provide, save). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منع (averting, ban, banning, bar, barring, block, debar, deny, deprive, deter, estop, exclude, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), ‏تفادى (avert, avoid, dodge, duck, flee, obviate, outflank, parry, prepossess), ‏عاق (baffle, balk, block, cramp, delay, derange, detain, deter, dirty, discourage, disloyal, disturb, embarrass, encumber, estop, handicap, hinder, hobble, hurt, impede, impious, interrupt, penalize, prevent, retard, set back, shackle, stifle, thankless, thwart, tie up, trammel, trap, undutiful, ungrateful, unthankful), ‏جعله مستحيلا, ‏إستبعد (eliminate, exclude, shut out), ‏أزال (abstract, assuage, ax, axe, bulldoze, clear, clear away, declassify, dismantle, dispel, eliminate, enucleate, eviscerate, excise, obliterate, put aside, relieve, remove, rest, retrench, rid, rub, rub out, settle, slip, smooth, stave off, suppress, take away), ‏أبعد (alien, alienate, bounce, deport, distance, drive away, drive out, estrange, exclude, far, farther, hold off, oust, out of the way, outmost, relegate, send, send packing, stave off, supplant, take away, throw out, transport, ulterior, ultimate, warn off). (various references)

Bulgarian 

спъвам (beset, clog, cramp, embarrass, entangle, fetter, hinder, hobble, impede, interfere, prevent, prohibit, retard, set back, shackle, short circuit, snag, snub, tie, trammel, trig), спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, immobilize, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), отстранявам (chase, cut away, eliminate, extirpate, fend off, get away, keep away, obviate, push aside, push away, reject, remove, repel, send off, shake, sweep away, take out, weed out), правя невъзможен, попречвам (deter, forestall, hinder, intervene, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, stop), изключвам (disconnect, disengage, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, intercept, leave out, open, remove, rule out, shut off, throw out, trip, ungear). (various references)

Chinese 

阻止 (Damped, Damping, Debar, Debarred, Debarring, Deter, Deterred, Deterring, forestall, Forestalled, forestalling, Precluded, Precluding). (various references)

Czech

předejít (anticipate, forestall, prevent, stop, ward off), zamezit (stop), zabránit (avert, help, prevent, prohibit, save), vylouèit (debar, disqualify, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, foreclose, negate, pip, remove, rule out, shut, shut off, throw out). (various references)

Danish

disse beslutninger er ikke til hinder for,at virksomhederne bringer deres tilbud paa linje med de betingelser,der tilbydes af virksomheder uden for Faellesskabet (such decisions shall not preclude undertakings from aligning their quotations on those of undertakings outside the Community), bestemmelserne i artiklerne er ikke til hinder for forbud vedroerende transit (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit). (various references)

Dutch

het recht van de ondernemingen hun aanbiedingen in overeenstemming te brengen met die van buiten de Gemeenschap gevestigde ondernemingen wordt hierdoor niet aangetast (such decisions shall not preclude undertakings from aligning their quotations on those of undertakings outside the Community), de bepalingen van de artikelen vormen geen beletsel voor doorvoerverboden (the provisions of Articles shall not preclude prohibitions on goods in transit). (various references)

Farsi 

مسدودکردن (Bar, Bloc, Block, Calk, Choke, Clog, Close, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Scotch), مانع جلوراه ایجادکردن . (various references)

Finnish

estää (block, check, hinder, impede, obstruckt, prevent, suppress). (various references)

French

prévenir (prepossess, prevent), mettre dans l'impossibilité, exclure, entraver (prevent), empêcher (prevent, prohibit), dissiper, écarter. (various references)

German

ausschließen (bar, blackball, debar, deprive, disqualify, draw out, drive out, eliminate, except, exclude, expel, express, forbid, foreclose, give utterance to, leave out, lock out, precluding, pull out, rule out, space out, suspend, to exclude, to foreclose, to space out, utter). (various references)

Greek 

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

Hebrew 

למ� וע (avert, deny, deprive, forestall, head off, hinder, inhibit, keep back, prevent, refuse, stop, ward off, withhold), ל�"וציא מכלל חשבון. (various references)

Hungarian

eleve kizár (to preclude), elejét veszi (to obviate, to preclude, to stave off). (various references)

Italian

precludere (debar). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

感�"の虞�'無くす (to preclude the possibility of infection). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

か�"せ�"のおそれ�'なくす (to preclude the possibility of infection). (various references)

Korean 

� �외하십시�". (various references)

Manx

castey (appease, beat back, censor, check, choke back, contain, counter, cure, defeat, end, freeze, freeze as loan, hitch, inhibit, staunch, stave off, suppress, throwing stones). (various references)

Pig Latin

ecludepray.(various references)

Portuguese

obstar a (prohibit), impossibilitar (forbid), impedir (arrest, avert, balk, block, clash, clog, cramp, cumber, dam, debar, delay, detain, embarrass, estop, fetter, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede, intercept, interfere, let, oppose, prevent, prohibit, put a stop, resist, restrain, set back, shackle, stop, thwart, trammel, withhold), excluir (bar, bar from, bar out, barrier off, debar, delete, except, exclude, exscind, foreclose, reserve, rule out, seclude, shut off, strike out), evitar (abstain, avert, avoid, bypass, elude, eschew, evade, fence, flee, foil, forbear, funk, give a cold shoulder to, keep off, parry, prevent, refrain, shirk, shun, stave off, to avoid, turn a cold shoulder to). (various references)

Romanian

preîntâmpina (avert, obviate, prevent), face imposibil (forbid), exclude (bar, cut, disbar, exclude, excommunicate, expel, oust, rule out, suspend), înlãtura (avert, brush aside, cast away, clear, discard, dismiss, disseize, do away, do away with, eliminate, forbear, make a clean sweep of smth., move away, obviate, overbear, remove, save, seclude, supersede, supplant, take away, throw by). (various references)

Russian 

мешать (be in the road, be in the way, come between, disturb, estop, get in smb.'s road, get in the way, hamper, head off, incommode, interfere, interfered, interfered with, interrupt, mix, obstruct, oppose, overslaugh, poke), предотвращать (avert, prevent, prevents, stave off). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sprečiti (arrest, avert, balk, baulk, debar, disenable, forestall, head off, hinder, impeach, impede, inhibit, keep from, prevent, scotch), isključiti (deal out, debar, declutch, disconnect, except, exclude, proscribe, rule out, shut out, turn off, unplug). (various references)

Spanish

imposibilitar (make impossible, prohibit), impedirse (encumber, obstruct, trammel), excluir (bar, cut out, debar, except, exclude, include out, keep out, reject, rule out, shut out, squeeze out), evitar (avert, avoid, balk, baulk, bypass, circumvent, elude, escape, eschew, evade, exclude, guard against, keep away, obviate, prevent, provide, save, shirk, shut out, sidestep, spare, stave off, ward off). (various references)

Swedish

utestänga (debar, expel, foreclose, lock out), hindra (balk, bar, baulk, clog, constrain, contain, cramp, cross, cumber, curb, detain, embarrass, encumber, forbid, foreclose, hamper, hamstring, hedge, hinder, impede, inhibit, interfere with, keep back, obstruct, occlude, prevent, put back, short circuit, snag, stay, stymie, trammel, traverse). (various references)

Turkish

engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, prevent from, put the lid on smth., resist, restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), alıkoymak (check, constrain, deforce, delay, detain, disable, hinder, hold, hold up, incapacitate, intercept, keep, keep from, keep in, restrain, retain, retard, stay, stick, stop, withhold), önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward, ward off), önüne geçmek (forestall, get ahead of smb., head off, obviate, prevent, prohibit). (various references)

Ukrainian

усувати (abolish, brush aside, castigate, depose, dethrone, displace, eliminate, obviate, put away, smooth, smooth away, take off, vanish), робити неможливим, відвертати (abstract, alienate, amuse, anticipate, avert, award, head off, prevent, turn away, ward), заважати (baffle, balk, clog, cut across, embar, embarrass, empeach, hinder, impeach, incommode, interfere, obscure, obstruct, prohibit). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "preclude": precluded, precludes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Preclude" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perclude, pleclude, prclude, preciude, preclud, preludial, Preludio, proclude, procude. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: cupeled, cupeler, decuple, prelude, ulcered.

-2 letters: cleped, creped, curdle, curled, dueler, eluder, pedler, perdue, pureed, purled, reduce, repled.

-3 letters: ceder, cered, clepe, clued, creed, creel, creep, crepe, crude, cruel, cupel, cured, deuce, drupe, duper, duple, educe, elder, elude, leper, lucre, lured, perdu, preed, prude, puled, puler, puree, repel, ruled, rupee, ulcer.

-4 letters: cede, cepe.

+1 letter: precluded, precludes, recoupled.

+2 letters: resculpted, sepulchred.

+3 letters: operculated, preschedule, reduplicate, sepulchered, supercoiled, supercooled.

+4 letters: prescheduled, preschedules, reduplicated, reduplicates, reproducible.

+5 letters: disrespectful, perpendicular, prescheduling, recapitulated, reduplicative, reproducibles, supercalender, supercollider, unpredictable.