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EXCLUDE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Example:

Leave off the top piece

Synonyms:

except; exclude; leave off; leave out; omit; take out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):

do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):

elide (leave or strike out)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

include (consider as part of something)

Derivation:

exclusion (a deliberate act of omission)

exclusive (not divided or shared with others)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevent from entering; keep out

Example:

He was barred from membership in the club

Synonyms:

bar; debar; exclude

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

exclusion (the state of being excluded)

exclusive (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put out or expel from a place

Example:

The unruly student was excluded from the game

Synonyms:

boot out; chuck out; eject; exclude; turf out; turn out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):

evict; force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process)

evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process)

show the door (ask to leave)

bounce (eject from the premises)

exorcise; exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

exclusion (the act of forcing out someone or something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Prevent from entering; shut out

Example:

This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country

Synonyms:

exclude; keep out; shut; shut out

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):

keep; prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exclude"):

curse; excommunicate; unchurch (exclude from a church or a religious community)

lock out (prevent employees from working during a strike)

ostracise; ostracize (avoid speaking to or dealing with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Antonym:

admit (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

Derivation:

exclusion (the state of being excluded)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Lack or fail to include

Example:

The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "exclude" is one way to...):

lack; miss (be without)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

include (have as a part, be made up out of)

Credits

 Context examples: 

In your report, you mention the fact that insurance companies are ahead of everybody since they've excluded from civil responsibility insurance policies illnesses which could be linked to the use of mobile phones.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

That portion of the cell contained within the plasma membrane but excluding the nucleus.

(Cytoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Protein within the interior of the cell; excludes membrane, mitochondrial, and nuclear proteins.

(Cytoplasmic Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

List of characteristics in a protocol, any one of which may exclude a potential subject from participation in a study.

(Exclusion Criteria, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A non-human biological structure, fluid or other substance; excludes single molecular entities.

(Experimental Organism Anatomical Concept, NCI Thesaurus)

Basic research in the field of pathology, which excludes that concerned with tumors and cancer.

(Experimental Pathology, Other Than Tumors, NCI Thesaurus)

A term describing a soft tissue tumor which consists of two or more mesenchymal lines of differentiation, excluding a fibroblastic line of differentiation.

(Mesenchymoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Excludes anterior surface of epiglottis C10.1

(Epiglottis, NCI Thesaurus/ICD)

The reply necessary to include/exclude a potential subject on a study.

(Defined Eligibility Criterion Required Response, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytoplasmic Protein Genes encode Cytoplasmic Proteins that are typically localized in the cell interior, generally excluding the plasma membrane, mitochondria, and the nucleus.

(Cytoplasmic Protein Gene, NCI Thesaurus)