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Verb: exclude  ik'sklood
  1. Prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    "The bad results were excluded from the report"
    - except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
     
  2. Prevent from entering; shut out
    "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
    - keep out, shut out, shut
     
  3. Lack or fail to include
    "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
     
  4. Prevent from entering; keep out
    - bar, debar
     
  5. Put out or expel from a place
    "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
    - eject, chuck out, turf out [Brit], boot out, turn out

Derived forms: excludes, excluding, excluded

See also: exclusion, exclusive

Type of: disallow, do away with, eliminate, expel, extinguish, forbid, get rid of, interdict, keep, kick out, lack, miss, nix [N. Amer], prevent, prohibit, proscribe, throw out, veto

Antonym: admit, include