rule out

• فعل مركب يُستخدم للدلالة على استبعاد شيء ما أو إلغائه كاحتمال أو خيار، أو نفي صحته.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of excluding or eliminating something as a possibility or option.

غير معدود · متعدٍّ · فعل مركّب، قابل للفصل

1. Exclude or eliminateformal

   To decide that something is not possible or not suitable.

   استبعاد

   • The police have ruled out foul play in the investigation.
   • We cannot rule out the possibility of a delay.
   • The doctor ruled out a broken bone after the X-ray.

   المرادفاتbanbarcount outdebardisqualifyeliminateexceptexcludeprecludereject

   الأضدادadmitallowincludepermit

2. Prevent or make impossibleformal

   To make something impossible or prevent it from happening.

   استبعد

   • The heavy rain ruled out any chance of a picnic.
   • His injury ruled him out of the competition.
   • Budget constraints ruled out the purchase of new equipment.

   المرادفاتbardebareliminateexcludeforbidinhibitprecludepreventprohibit

   الأضدادallowenablepermit

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