Exclude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Exclude	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Exclude
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclude v prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece" Synonym(s): exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out Antonym(s): include prevent from entering; shut out; "The trees were shutting out all sunlight"; "This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country" Synonym(s): exclude, keep out, shut out, shut Antonym(s): admit, include, let in lack or fail to include; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" Antonym(s): include prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" Synonym(s): bar, debar, exclude put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" Synonym(s): eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exclude \Exclude"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Excluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Excluding}.] [L. excludere, exclusum; ex out + claudere to shut. See {Close}.] 1. To shut out; to hinder from entrance or admission; to debar from participation or enjoyment; to deprive of; to except; -- the opposite to admit; as, to exclude* a crowd from a room or house; to exclude the light; to exclude one nation from the ports of another; to exclude a taxpayer from the privilege of voting. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. --Milton. 2. To thrust out or eject; to expel; as, to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs. {Excluded middle}. (logic) The name given to the third of the [bd]three logical axioms,[b8] so-called, namely, to that one which is expressed by the formula: [bd]Everything is either A or Not-A.[b8] no third state or condition being involved or allowed. See {Principle of contradiction}, under {Contradiction}.