exclusion

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈskluːʒn/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈskluːʒn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
noun
C1

Keeping someone or something out of a place or activity

She focused on her work to the exclusion of everything else.

R

Someone or something that is left out

Read the list of exclusions in the insurance policy carefully.

R

Deciding that something is not possible

The exclusion of theft as a reason was surprising.

R

When a child is not allowed to go to school because of bad behavior

The school had two exclusions last week for fighting.

translation

n. Keeping someone or something out of a place or activity; Someone or something that is left out; Deciding that something is not possible; When a child is not allowed to go to school because of bad behavior

Word Forms

Plural exclusions