verb
exclude
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verb
1
To keep someone or something out, or leave it out of consideration.
"The club excludes anyone under eighteen."
"Tax is excluded from the price shown on the menu."
2
In medicine or investigation, to rule something out as a possibility.
"The scan excluded a fracture, so doctors looked for other causes of the pain."
How to Use Exclude
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo keep out, leave out, or rule out.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
exclude from
excluding tax
exclude a diagnosis
Word Forms
excluded past tense, excludes singular
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Etymology
From Latin excludere, "to shut out" — ex ("out") plus claudere ("to close").