Excluded Exclude Women ɪkˈskluːd Excluding Fat Diet Clubs

• the cost of borrowing has been excluded from the inflation figures.
• try excluding fat from your diet.
• buses run every hour, sundays excluded.
• women are still excluded from some london clubs.

exclude

1. to deliberately not include something in what you are doing or considering
• opposite include
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• The cost of borrowing has been excluded from the inflation figures.
• Try excluding fat from your diet.
• Buses run every hour, Sundays excluded.
2. to prevent somebody/something from entering a place or taking part in something
• Women are still excluded from some London clubs.
• Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school (= not allowed to attend because of bad behaviour).
• She felt excluded by the other girls (= they did not let her join in what they were doing).
3. to decide that something is not possible
• We should not exclude the possibility of negotiation.
• The police have excluded theft as a motive for the murder.

Extra Examples

• Certain groups tend to be excluded from full participation in society.
• Many local people felt excluded from decisions that affected their own community.
• The measure would serve to exclude certain voters.
• The possibility of error cannot be absolutely excluded.
• Unlawfully obtained evidence is not automatically excluded from a criminal trial.
• Women in such societies are effectively excluded from public affairs.
• Women were excluded from the club.
• a clause that seeks to exclude liability for death or serious injury
• a club that has traditionally excluded minorities and women
• services designed to assist the socially excluded
• Concern is growing over the number of children excluded from school.
• Large multinationals can make bids which effectively exclude local firms.
• She saw herself as an outsider trying to enter a world that sought to exclude her.
• The panel recommended that he also be excluded from serving on any committees.
• Try to exclude sugar and fat from your diet.
• Women are still excluded from some golf clubs.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they exclude
• he / she / it excludes
• past simple excluded
• past participle excluded
• -ing form excluding

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin excludere, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’.