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excluding

verb

Meaning

  • To bar (someone) from entering; to keep out.

  • To expel; to put out.

    "to exclude young animals from the womb or from eggs"

  • To omit from consideration.

    "Count from 1 to 30, but exclude the prime numbers."

  • To refuse to accept (evidence) as valid.

  • To eliminate from diagnostic consideration.

Synonyms

debar,
forbar,
turn away,
eject,
throw out,
turf out,
omit

preposition

Meaning

  • To the exclusion of; not including

    "Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays)."

Synonyms

barring,
except for,
save for