exclusion

B2 Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ɪksˈkluːʒən/ See IPA manual

noun 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.

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1 noun · the act of leaving someone... exception

2 noun · something that is... elision

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inclusion

Word family

Forms exclusions

Derived forms antiexclusionbioexclusionexclusionaryexclusionerexclusionismexclusionistnonexclusionoverexclusionself-exclusion

Etymology

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

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# 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
- Space, Position & Direction

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