exclude

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'écarter délibérément quelque chose ou quelqu'un, ou d'empêcher l'accès ou l'inclusion.

A verb used to indicate the act of deliberately leaving something or someone out, or preventing access or inclusion.

1. Leave out or omitB1formal

   To deliberately not include someone or something in a group, activity, or list.

   Exclure

   • The committee decided to exclude him from the final list.
   • Please exclude any irrelevant data from the report.
   • They excluded the cost of shipping from the total price.

   Synonymesbardebareliminateexceptleave outomitprecluderule out

   Antonymesadmitincludeincorporate

2. Prevent from enteringB1formal

   To keep someone or something out of a place or situation.

   Exclure, empêcher d'entrer

   • The bouncer excluded the man from the club for being too drunk.
   • The fence was built to exclude wild animals from the garden.
   • New security measures exclude unauthorized personnel from the building.

   Synonymesbanbarblackballdebarkeep outostracizeshut outturn away

   Antonymesacceptadmitincludelet in

3. Reject or dismissB2formal

   To decide that something is not possible or not valid.

   écarter, rejeter (une possibilité)

   • The police have not excluded the possibility of arson.
   • We cannot exclude the chance of a delay.
   • The theory excludes any supernatural explanation.

   Synonymesdismisseliminateprecluderejectrule out

   Antonymesacceptadmitinclude