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UK [ɪkˈskluːd] / US [ɪkˈsklud] verb [transitive]
Word forms "exclude":
present tense I/you/we/they exclude he/she/it excludes present participle excluding past tense excluded past participle excluded
1) to deliberately not include something

These figures exclude cash receipts.

exclude something from something:

These costs have been excluded from our calculations.

2) to deliberately prevent someone or something from being involved in an activity or from entering a place

Cover it with plastic to exclude light.

exclude someone from something:

The committee now has to decide whether to exclude him from the competition.

a) to make someone feel that they do not belong to your group

I felt as though the other women were excluding me.

b) British to officially tell a child to leave a school because their behaviour is very bad
3) to decide that something is not possible or worth considering

We cannot exclude the possibility that the growth is cancerous.


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