Exclude

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːd

Origin

From Latin excludere, from prefix ex- ("out"), + variant form of verb claudere ("close").

Full definition of exclude

Verb

1. To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
2. To expel; to put out.to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
3. (legal, of evidence) To refuse to accept as valid.
4. (medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Antonyms

• include

Related terms

• exclusion
• exclusive