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exclude

Pronunciation: /ɪksˈkluːd/

The English word “exclude” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
  2. To expel; to put out.
  3. To omit from consideration.
  4. To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
  5. To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).

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