# exclude

Pronunciation: say "iks-KLOOD" /ɪksˈkluːd/

## Verb

1. To bar someone or something from entering a place or group; to keep out.
   - Simple: To stop someone or something from coming in or joining a group.
   - _Tall walls exclude street noise from the courtyard._
   - _The committee voted to exclude reporters from the closed session._
2. To leave out of consideration; to omit from a count, calculation, or discussion.
   - Simple: To leave something out when you think about or count things.
   - _The report's totals exclude part-time employees._
   - _Analysts excluded the holiday spike when projecting normal sales._
3. To expel or put out; to force someone or something to leave.
   - Simple: To force someone or something out of a place or group.
   - _The league voted to exclude the team after repeated violations._
   - _The body excludes foreign particles through coughing and sneezing._
4. To refuse to accept evidence as valid, ruling that the court cannot consider it.
   - Simple: To refuse to let a piece of evidence be used in a court case.
   - _Courts routinely exclude testimony obtained through coercion._
   - _The judge excluded the confession after finding the suspect's rights had been violated._
5. To eliminate a disease or other possible cause from consideration when making a diagnosis.
   - Simple: To show through tests that a possible illness is not the cause.
   - _An ultrasound can exclude gallstones as the source of the pain._
   - _The cardiologist excluded a heart attack before discharging the patient._

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin exclūdō, formed from the prefix ex- ("out") plus a variant of the verb claudō ("close").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/exclude (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).