exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
(verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted; “The bad results were excluded from the report”; “Leave off the top piece”
bar, debar, exclude
(verb) prevent from entering; keep out; “He was barred from membership in the club”
eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
(verb) put out or expel from a place; “The unruly student was excluded from the game”
exclude, keep out, shut out, shut
(verb) 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”
exclude
(verb) lack or fail to include; “The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)
(transitive) To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
(transitive) To expel; to put out.
(transitive) To omit from consideration.
(transitive, legal) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
(transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
• (bar from entering): debar, forbar, turn away; see also shut out
• (expel): eject, throw out, turf out; see also kick out
• (omit from consideration): omit; see also omit
• include
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Excluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Excluding.] Etym: [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.]
1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton.
2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. Excluded middle. (logic) The name given to the third of the "three logical axioms," so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: "Everything is either A or Not-A." no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See Principle of contradiction, under Contradiction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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