Dictionary Entry
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.
7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive 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.
- 2transitive verb
To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs.
- 3verb
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
"The bad results were excluded from the report"
"Leave off the top piece"
- 4verb
prevent from entering; keep out
"He was barred from membership in the club"
- 5verb
put out or expel from a place
"The unruly student was excluded from the game"
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- 6verb
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"
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- 7verb
lack or fail to include
"The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
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