Verb: exclude iks'klood
- Prevent from entering; shut out
"This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country";
- keep out, shut out, shut
- Prevent from being included, considered or accepted
"The bad results were excluded from the report";
- except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out
- Disallow membership or entry
"He was excluded from membership in the club";
- bar, debar
- Put out or expel from a place
"The unruly student was excluded from the game";
- eject, chuck out, turf out [Brit, informal], boot out [informal], turn out
- Lack or fail to include
"The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
Derived forms: excluding, excluded, excludes
Type of: disallow, do away with, eliminate, expel, extinguish, forbid, get rid of, interdict, keep, kick out [informal], lack, miss, nix [N. Amer, informal], prevent, prohibit, proscribe, throw out, veto
Encyclopedia: Exclude