exclude

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈskluːd/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈskluːd/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-C1
verb
B2

to leave something out on purpose

Exclude sugary drinks from your meals to be healthier.

B2

to stop someone or something from joining or entering

The rules exclude people who break them from the game.

B2

to decide something cannot happen

We cannot exclude the chance of rain tomorrow.

translation

v. to leave something out on purpose; to stop someone or something from joining or entering; to decide something cannot happen

Word Forms

3rd Present excludes
Past excluded
Perfect excluded
Progressive excluding