Meanings
present singular third person excludes · participle present excluding · participle past excluded · past excluded
- transitiveTo bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
[T]he 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.
2019 July 24, David Austin Walsh, “Flirting With Fascism”, in Jewish Currents1 more example
One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].
1960 December, “New G.E. Line diesel loco maintenance depot at Stratford”, in Trains Illustrated, page 766Synonyms: debar
- transitiveTo expel; to put out.
to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
1 more example
[…] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]
1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68Synonyms: eject
- transitivemedicineTo eliminate from diagnostic consideration.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
verbTo expel; to put out.
verbTo omit from consideration.
More synonyms by meaning
verbprevent from being included or considered or accepted
verbput out or expel from a place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinexclūdō
- Englishexclude
Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀποκλείω
- ἀποκλείω (apokleíō)to bar from entering; keep out
Bulgarian изключвам, отхвърлям
- изключвам (izključvam)to bar from entering; keep out
- отхвърлям (othvărljam)law: to refuse to accept (evidence) as valid
Catalan excloure
- excloureto bar from entering; keep out
Danish eksludere
- eksludereto bar from entering; keep out
Dutch uitsluiten, buitensluiten
- uitsluitento bar from entering; keep out
- buitensluitento bar from entering; keep out
- uitsluitenlaw: to refuse to accept (evidence) as valid
- uitsluitenmedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
Esperanto ekskludi
- ekskludito bar from entering; keep out
Finnish kieltää pääsy, torjua
- kieltää pääsyto bar from entering; keep out
- torjuato bar from entering; keep out
- erottaato expel, put out
- hylätälaw: to refuse to accept (evidence) as valid
- sulkea poismedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
French exclure
- exclureto bar from entering; keep out
German ausschließen
- ausschließenmedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
Hebrew לא הכליל
- לא הכליל (lo hikhlíl)to bar from entering; keep out
Hungarian kirekeszt, kizár
- kirekesztto bar from entering; keep out
- kizárto bar from entering; keep out
- kiköltto expel, put out
- világra hozto expel, put out
- kihagyto omit from consideration
- nem számít (bele)to omit from consideration
- kizármedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
Japanese 除外する
- 除外する (jogai-suru)to bar from entering; keep out
Latin exclūdō
- exclūdōto bar from entering; keep out
Lithuanian išskirti, pašalinti
- išskirtito bar from entering; keep out
- pašalintito bar from entering; keep out
Māori awere, pei
- awereto bar from entering; keep out
- peito expel, put out
- panato expel, put out
- tūwhitito expel, put out
- atiatito expel, put out
- whakapakoto expel, put out
Norwegian utelukke, ekskludere
- utelukketo bar from entering; keep out
- ekskludereto bar from entering; keep out
Polish wykluczać, wykluczyć
- wykluczaćto bar from entering; keep out
- wykluczyćto bar from entering; keep out
- wyłączaćto bar from entering; keep out
- wyłączyćto bar from entering; keep out
Portuguese excluir, expelir
- excluirto bar from entering; keep out
- expelirto expel, put out
- excluirmedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
Romanian exclude
- excludeto bar from entering; keep out
Russian исключа́ть, исключи́ть
- исключа́ть (isključátʹ)to bar from entering; keep out
- исключи́ть (isključítʹ)to bar from entering; keep out
- исключа́ть (isključátʹ)to expel, put out
- исключи́ть (isključítʹ)to expel, put out
Spanish excluir, excluir
- excluirto bar from entering; keep out
- excluirto expel, put out
Swedish utelämna, exkludera
- utelämnato bar from entering; keep out
- exkluderato bar from entering; keep out
- uteslutato expel, put out
- uteslutamedicine: to eliminate from diagnostic consideration
Ukrainian виключа́ти, ви́ключити
- виключа́ти (vyključáty)to bar from entering; keep out
- ви́ключити (výključyty)to bar from entering; keep out
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with exclude
Cite this entry
exclude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclude
“exclude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclude. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exclude,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exclude.
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