excluded
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to keep someone or something out of a place, group, or activity.
v.to bar from entry or participation; to deliberately omit something from a set or category.
Simple“The club excluded anyone who was not a local resident.”
In context“The researchers excluded several participants from the final study because they did not meet the strict health criteria required for the trial.”
UsageOften used in the passive voice followed by the preposition 'from'.
- 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
v.to decide that something is not possible.
v.to eliminate a possibility or potential cause from consideration.
Simple“The police excluded the possibility of an accident after seeing the evidence.”
In context“After conducting a series of diagnostic tests, the medical team excluded the most common viral infections as the cause of the patient's symptoms.”
- 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
adj.feeling unhappy because you are not part of a group or activity.
adj.describing a state of being socially ostracized or intentionally left out of a collective.
Simple“He felt excluded when his colleagues went to lunch without asking him.”
In context“The new student felt increasingly excluded as the existing social circles in the classroom proved difficult to penetrate during the first semester.”
Usage excluded from early
“Photos and images relating to her hobby as a long-time mushroom forager - and supporting their argument that the deaths were a tragic accident - had been wrongly excluded, the defence says.”
“Pay-what-you-can, free shows and cancelled events were excluded from the analysis, as were booking fees.”