excluding

1. 1
   preposition

   Leaving out a particular person, thing, or amount from what is being counted or considered.

   The museum is open every day excluding public holidays.

   The team scored forty points in total, excluding penalty shots.

   Similarexcept, excepting, barring, save

   Oppositeincluding

   Note

   The preposition of fine print and careful totals. It trims an offer or a sum, as in a holiday prize that is "subject to availability and excluding bank holidays." It sits comfortably at the end of a clause, often after a comma or inside brackets, and it can also open a sentence: Excluding penalties, the team scored thirty points. Its natural mirror is including, and the two often frame the same total.

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of exclude.

   The committee is excluding outside observers from the closed session.

   By excluding certain ingredients, the recipe becomes safe for people with allergies.

   Note

   The -ing form carries every use of the verb: barring someone at the door, expelling, setting aside a fact, rejecting evidence, or ruling out a diagnosis. The final e of exclude drops before the ending. When the phrase has no doer of its own (excluding tax, the total is lower), the word moves toward the preposition "not including"; when someone is actively doing the leaving out, it is still the verb.

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