different between obstruct vs exclude

English

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

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1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
3. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

4. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• deobstruct
• obstructed
• obstructedly
• unobstructed
• unobstructedly

Related terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excl?d?, from prefix ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claud? (“close”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?klu?d/
• Hyphenation: ex?clude
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

exclude (third-person singular simple present excludes, present participle excluding, simple past and past participle excluded)

1. (transitive) To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.
2. (transitive) To expel; to put out.

   to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs

3. (transitive) To omit from consideration.

   Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers.

4. (transitive, law) To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.
5. (transitive, medicine) To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Synonyms

• (bar from entering): debar, forbar, turn away; see also Thesaurus:shut out
• (expel): eject, throw out, turf out; see also Thesaurus:kick out
• (omit from consideration): omit; see also Thesaurus:omit

Antonyms

• include

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Translations

Latin

Verb

excl?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of excl?d?

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excludere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eks?klude/

Verb

a exclude (third-person singular present exclude, past participle exclus) 3rd conj.

1. to exclude

   Antonym: include

Conjugation

Derived terms

• excludere

Related terms

• exclus
• exclusiv
• excluziune