uitsluiten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- except preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
- exclude verb To keep someone or something out, or leave it out of consideration.
- preclude verb To make something impossible or rule it out in advance.
- proscribe verb To ban something officially.
Senses
uitsluiten is used for these senses in English:
- abate To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception. [from late 16th c.]
- except (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
- except (intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).
- exclude (transitive) To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
- preclude (transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
- proscribe (transitive) To banish or exclude.
- rule out (idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
except — full definition
- preposition Used to introduce something left out of a general statement.
- conjunction Used to introduce an exception or a reason something didn't happen.
- verb To leave something out or mark it as an exception (a more formal, less common usage).
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