different between prevent vs exclude

English

Alternative forms

• prævent (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English preventen (“anticipate”), from Latin praeventus, perfect passive participle of praeveni? (“I anticipate”), from prae (“before”) + veni? (“I come”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???v?nt/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /p???v?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Hyphenation: pre?vent

Verb

prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented)

1. (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

   I brush my teeth regularly to prevent them from turning yellow.
2. (intransitive, now rare) To take preventative measures. [from 16th c.]
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew

     ‘I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!’

3. (obsolete, transitive) To come before; to precede. [16th-18th c.]

   • We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

   • 1928, Book of Common Prayer

     We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.

   • 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure

     Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen.

4. (obsolete, transitive) To outdo, surpass. [16th-17th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:

     With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• prevent defense
• preventative
• prevention
• preventive

Translations

References

• prevent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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