- 1
To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.transitive
- One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].
- [T]he 1924 Immigration Act was designed specifically to exclude Eastern European Jews (among other undesirable European ethnic groups) from entering the country.
- 2
To expel; to put out.transitive
- to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs
- 3
To omit from consideration.transitive
- Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
- 4
To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.transitive
- 5
To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.transitive
syn. forbar · turn away · throw out · turf out
ant. include