ex|clude

ex|clude
ex|clude «ehk SKLOOD», transitive verb, -clud|ed, -clud|ing.
1. to shut out; keep (something) from entering: »

Curtains exclude light.

2. to drive out and keep outxpel; banish: »

Perfect faith excludes doubt.

SYNONYM(S): eject, exile.
3. a) to give no place to; prevent the existence, occurrence, or use of. b) to reject from consideration, notice, or use.
╂[< Latin exclūdere < ex- out + claudere shut]
Synonym Study 1 Exclude, eliminate mean to keep out. Exclude emphasizes keeping someone or something from coming into a place, into consideration, etc.: »

Closing the windows excludes street noises. The government excludes immigrants who have certain diseases.

 Eliminate emphasizes putting out something already in, by getting rid of it or shutting it off from attention: »

He eliminated fear from his thinking.


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