exclude Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb prevent from being included or considered or accepted
    take out; omit; except; leave off; leave out.
    • The bad results were excluded from the report
    • Leave off the top piece
  2. verb prevent from entering; shut out
    keep out; shut out; shut.
    • The trees were shutting out all sunlight
    • This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country
  3. verb lack or fail to include
    • The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages
  4. verb prevent from entering; keep out
    debar; bar.
    • He was barred from membership in the club
  5. verb put out or expel from a place
    eject; chuck out; turf out; boot out; turn out.
    • The unruly student was excluded from the game

WordNet

Ex*clude" transitive verb
Etymology
L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See Close.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Excluded; present participle & verbal noun Excluding
Definitions
  1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting.
    And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton.
  2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.

Webster 1913