exclude

Verb

Verb Forms: excluded, excluding, excludes

• To prevent someone or something from entering or participating.
• prevent from being included or considered or accepted
  • "The bad results were excluded from the report"
• prevent from entering; shut out
  • "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country"
• lack or fail to include
  • "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages"
• prevent from entering; keep out
• put out or expel from a place
  • "The unruly student was excluded from the game"
• To bar (someone or something) from entering; to keep out.
• To expel; to put out.
• To omit from consideration.
• To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
• To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Examples

• Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.
• The Scrabble rules EXCLUDE words that are proper nouns or abbreviations.

Synonyms

bar, boot out, chuck out, debar, eject, except, keep out, leave off, leave out, omit, shut, shut out, take out, turf out, turn out, forbar, kick out, throw out, turn away

Antonyms

admit, include