exclude
exclude is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
- verb. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
"The bad results were excluded from the report"
"Leave off the top piece"
- verb. prevent from entering; keep out
"He was barred from membership in the club"
- verb. put out or expel from a place
"The unruly student was excluded from the game"
- verb. prevent from entering; shut out
"The trees were shutting out all sunlight"
"This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
- verb. lack or fail to include
"The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
Synonyms
except, omit, bar, debar, eject, shut
Common word forms
excluded, excluder, excludes, excluding
Words from these letters
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