exclude: Meaning and Definition of
ex•clude
Pronunciation: (ik-skld'), [key] — -clud•ed, -clud•ing.
- to shut or keep out; prevent the entrance of.
- 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.
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