Definition

1. Verb:
   • To deliberately leave out or not include someone or something: To prevent someone from entering a place, participating in an activity, or being considered.
   • To expel or eject someone from a group or place: To formally remove someone from membership, attendance, or a location.
   • To make something impossible or rule it out: To prevent something from happening or being the case.

Usage

• The primary use of "exclude" is to indicate an act of omission or prohibition. It is often followed by the preposition "from" to specify what is being left out or denied access to.
• It can be used in formal contexts (e.g., legal, academic, policy) as well as informal ones (e.g., social situations).

Examples

• Verb:
  • The club's rules exclude anyone under the age of 21.
  • Please exclude my name from the list of attendees.
  • The price excludes taxes and service charges.
  • The evidence was excluded from the trial.

Advanced Usage

• "to exclude the possibility of": To make something impossible or to rule it out as an option.
  • We cannot exclude the possibility of further delays.
• "mutually exclusive": (Often used as an adjective phrase) Describing two or more things that cannot both be true or occur at the same time.
  • The two theories are mutually exclusive; only one can be correct.

Variants and Related Words

• Exclusion (n): The act of excluding or the state of being excluded.
  • His exclusion from the team was a surprise.
• Exclusive (adj): Limited to a particular person, group, or area; not shared or available to others.
  • This is an exclusive club for members only.
• Exclusively (adv): Solely; only.
  • The room is used exclusively for meetings.

Synonyms

• Omit: To leave out or fail to include.
• Bar: To officially prevent someone from doing something or going somewhere.
• Prohibit: To formally forbid by law, rule, or other authority.
• Eliminate: To completely remove or get rid of.

Antonyms

• Include: To contain or have as part of a whole.
• Admit: To allow entry or acceptance.
• Incorporate: To take in or include as part of a whole.

Phrasal Verbs

• Exclude from: This is the standard construction, not a separable phrasal verb. The pattern is "exclude [someone/something] from [a place/group/activity]".
  • They were excluded from the discussion.

Related Idioms

• No idiom directly uses the verb "exclude" as its core component. However, the concept is central to phrases like "close the door on" (to exclude from consideration) or "shut out" (to exclude).

Verb

1. put out or expel from a place
   • The unruly student was excluded from the game
2. prevent from entering; keep out
   • He was barred from membership in the club
3. lack or fail to include
   • The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages
4. 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
5. prevent from being included or considered or accepted
   • The bad results were excluded from the report
   • Leave off the top piece