Antonyms for exclude


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ik-sklood
Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsklud


Definition of exclude

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb expel, forbid
Example sentences :
  • It is a matter of course that the one should exclude the other.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The African magician I find it very difficult to exclude from my Wigwam too.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Let us not be supposed to exclude the intellect from a share in every highest office.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • We cannot suppose that any one can really mean to exclude all imitation of others.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Now, does happiness consist in pleasures, or does it exclude them?
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • This has been thought by some to exclude the idea of the woman's power in the family.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • No catalogue of American qualities and defects can exclude the trait of individualism.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • This was enough, however, to exclude the person from all favour.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • But all this does not exclude Fantômas as the guilty person!
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • After it has stood a proper time to settle, the pure honey is poured into earthen jars, tied down close to exclude the air.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Synonyms for exclude

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