exclusion B2 Topic:Actions & Processes US /ɪksˈkluːʒən/ See IPA manual Freq #28952 Meanings 1 noun The act of leaving someone or something out, or of keeping them out. Her exclusion from the team upset the whole group. 2 noun Something that is deliberately left out or not covered. Read the exclusions carefully before you sign the insurance policy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of leaving someone... exception 2 noun · something that is... elision ↔ Opposites inclusion Word family Forms exclusions Derived forms antiexclusionbioexclusionexclusionaryexclusionerexclusionismexclusionistnonexclusionoverexclusionself-exclusion Appears in Phrases (1) See all exclusion principle the rule that identical electrons, protons, or neutrons cannot share the same quantum state Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion. *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European exclusion Middle English exclusiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Actions & Processes External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # exclusion **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪksˈkluːʒən/ **Frequency rank:** 28952 ## Meanings 1. The act of leaving someone or something out, or of keeping them out. 2. Something that is deliberately left out or not covered. ## Examples - Her exclusion from the team upset the whole group. - Read the exclusions carefully before you sign the insurance policy. ## Antonyms - inclusion ## Derived Forms - antiexclusion - bioexclusion - exclusionary - exclusioner - exclusionism - exclusionist - nonexclusion - overexclusion - self-exclusion ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *(s)kleh₂w- - Root: exclusion - Root: exclusiō ## Etymology From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion. ## AI Etymology Exclusion comes from Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion. In current use, the main senses are “The act of leaving someone or something out, or of keeping them out” and “Something that is deliberately left out or not covered”. ## Topics - Actions & Processes markdown