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excluded

v. · adj.
US //ɪkˈskɫudəd// UK //ɛksklˈuːdɪd// ex·clud·ed
  1. 1 to leave out (v.)
    B2 Upper Intermediate

    to keep someone or something out of a place, group, or activity.

    to bar from entry or participation; to deliberately omit something from a set or category.

    Example

    The club excluded anyone who was not a local resident.

    Example

    The researchers excluded several participants from the final study because they did not meet the strict health criteria required for the trial.

    Usage

    Often used in the passive voice followed by the preposition 'from'.
  2. 2 to rule out (v.)
    B2 Upper Intermediate

    to decide that something is not possible.

    to eliminate a possibility or potential cause from consideration.

    Example

    The police excluded the possibility of an accident after seeing the evidence.

    Example

    After conducting a series of diagnostic tests, the medical team excluded the most common viral infections as the cause of the patient's symptoms.
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  1. 3 feeling left out (adj.)
    B2 Upper Intermediate

    feeling unhappy because you are not part of a group or activity.

    describing a state of being socially ostracized or intentionally left out of a collective.

    Example

    He felt excluded when his colleagues went to lunch without asking him.

    Example

    The new student felt increasingly excluded as the existing social circles in the classroom proved difficult to penetrate during the first semester.

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