[ɛkˈskluːd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege
(e.g: the public were excluded from the board meeting)

- remove from consideration
(e.g: one cannot exclude the possibility of a fall in house prices)


Phrases:
- law of the excluded middle

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin excludere, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’