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- DictionaryEx·clud·ing/ikˈsklo͞odiNG/
preposition
- 1. not taking someone or something into account; apart from; except: "you have eight more days, excluding Sundays"
The meaning of EXCLUDE is to prevent or restrict the entrance of. How to use exclude in a sentence.
to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of. Synonyms: preclude, omit, except, prohibit, bar. Antonyms: include. to shut out from consideration, privilege, etc.: Employees and their relatives were excluded from participation in the contest. to expel and keep out; thrust out; eject: He was excluded from the club for infractions of the rules.
to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity: be excluded from Women are still excluded from the club. Microbes must, as far as possible, be excluded from the room during an operation. Tom has been excluded from school (= he is not allowed to go to school) for bad behaviour. Compare. include. C1.
EXCLUDE meaning: 1. to prevent someone or something from entering a place or taking part in an activity: 2. to…. Learn more.
not including; apart from: The aircraft carries 250 people, excluding the crew. (Definition of excluding from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) excluding | Business English. preposition. uk / ɪksˈkluːdɪŋ / us ( abbreviation excl.)
Excluding definition: excepting. See examples of EXCLUDING used in a sentence.
Exclude means to leave out — like when the cool kids won't let you in on their game of four-square or the pizza guy leaves your neighborhood out from his delivery zone. Exclude comes to us from the Latin word excludere, which means "to shut."
