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exclude

verb/ɐjʃ.ˈklu.iɾ/high

ex·clu·ir

Definition

To prevent someone or something from entering, participating, or being considered; to leave out; to eliminate.
The school cannot exclude students for economic reasons.
We excluded that possibility after analysis.
Common collocations
exclude someoneexclude a possibilityexclude from the groupexclude from the list
Idiomatic expressions
  • To rule out from the start (to eliminate initially without consideration).

Etymology

Do latim 'excludere' (fechar para fora, expulsar).

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