exclude
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
to prevent someone or something from entering a place or joining a group.
to bar someone or something from entering a physical space or participating in an activity.
Simple“The club decided to exclude anyone who was not a local resident.”
In context“The security protocols were designed to exclude unauthorised personnel from the server room while allowing seamless access for the maintenance team.”
UsageOften used with the preposition 'from'.
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
to leave something out of a plan, list, or calculation.
to deliberately omit a factor, person, or item from a set of considerations or data.
Simple“The researchers had to exclude some results because the data was not complete.”
In context“When calculating the average salary, the analysts chose to exclude the highest and lowest earners to avoid skewing the final figures.”
Antonyms - 03 C1 Advanced
to decide that something is not the cause of a problem or is not possible.
to eliminate a hypothesis or diagnosis from consideration based on evidence.
Simple“The doctor ran several tests to exclude the possibility of a serious infection.”
In context“Before proceeding with the surgery, the medical team performed a series of scans to exclude any underlying vascular complications.”
- 04 C1 Advanced
to refuse to allow certain information to be used in a court of law.
to rule that specific evidence is inadmissible in a legal proceeding.
Simple“The judge decided to exclude the witness's statement because it was not reliable.”
In context“The defence filed a motion to exclude the forensic evidence, arguing that the chain of custody had been compromised during the investigation.”
Usage completely exclude · exclude source · largely exclude
“The monitor's model only includes official statistics from 23 European countries and excludes part of the continent's east.”
Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudō (“close”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.