different between preclude vs exclude

English

Alternative forms

• præclude (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praecludo.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /p???klu?d/, /p?i??klu?d/
• Rhymes: -u?d

Verb

preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)

1. (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
   • Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

Related terms

• preclusion

Derived terms

• precludable
• preclusive

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

preclude

1. third-person singular present indicative of precludere

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

Related terms

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