exclude
/ɪksˈkluːd/ verb [T]Definition
KEEP OUT › to not allow someone or something to take part in an activity or enter a place: [often passive] Women are still excluded from the club.
NOT INCLUDE › to intentionally not include something: The insurance cover excludes particular medical conditions.
POSSIBILITY › to decide that something is certainly not true or possible: We can't exclude the possibility that he is dead.
(Definition of exclude verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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