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Shut the door on
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exclude
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Latin excludere "keep out, shut out, hinder," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + claudere "to close, shut" (see close (v.)). Related: Excluded ; excluding .
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES rule out/exclude a possibility (= say that something will definitely not happen or is definitely not true ) ▪ We can't rule out the possibility that there will be more redundancies. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" [syn: except , leave out , leave off , omit , take out ] [ant: include ] prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia