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- Dictionaryex·clud·ing/ikˈsklo͞odiNG/
preposition
- 1. not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except: "you have eight more days, excluding Sundays"
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1. a. : to prevent or restrict the entrance of. b. : to bar from participation, consideration, or inclusion. 2. : to expel or bar especially from a place or position previously occupied. excluder noun. Synonyms. ban. bar. close out. count (out) debar. eliminate. except. freeze out. rule out. shut out. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
not including; apart from: The aircraft carries 250 people, excluding the crew. (Definition of excluding from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) excluding | Business English. preposition. uk / ɪksˈkluːdɪŋ / us ( abbreviation excl.)
to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity: be excluded from Women are still excluded from the club. Microbes must, as far as possible, be excluded from the room during an operation. Tom has been excluded from school (= he is not allowed to go to school) for bad behaviour. Compare. include. C1.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of. Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar. Antonyms: include. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
You use excluding before mentioning a person or thing to show that you are not including them in your statement.
Excluding definition: excepting. See examples of EXCLUDING used in a sentence.
Exclude means to leave out — like when the cool kids won't let you in on their game of four-square or the pizza guy leaves your neighborhood out from his delivery zone. Exclude comes to us from the Latin word excludere, which means "to shut."
to decide that something is not true or possible: exclude the possibility We can't exclude the possibility that he is dead. Fewer examples. It wasn't my intention to exclude her from the list - I just forgot her. Couples who are childless can feel excluded from the rest of society.
4 meanings: 1. to keep out; prevent from entering 2. to reject or not consider; leave out 3. to expel forcibly; eject 4. to.... Click for more definitions.
1. To prevent from entering; keep out; bar: a jar sealed to exclude outside air; an immigration policy that excludes undesirables. 2. To prevent from being included, considered, or accepted; reject: The court excluded the improperly obtained evidence. 3. To put out; expel.
