- [uncountable] the act of preventing somebody/something from entering a place or taking part in something
- exclusion (of somebody/something) (from something) He was disappointed with his exclusion from the England squad.
- Exclusion of air creates a vacuum in the bottle.
- to the exclusion of something Memories of the past filled her mind to the exclusion of all else.
Extra Examples- the country's unprecedented exclusion from this year's summit
- the problem of social exclusion
- an exclusion order to keep your partner out of your home
- Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- systematic
- total
- …
- zone
- order
- to the exclusion of
- exclusion from
- [countable] a person or thing that is not included in something
- Check the list of exclusions in the insurance policy.
- [uncountable] exclusion (of something) the act of deciding that something is not possible
- the exclusion of robbery as a motive
- [uncountable, countable] (British English) a situation in which a child is banned from attending school because of bad behaviour
- the exclusion of disruptive students from school
- Two exclusions from one school in the same week is unusual.
- disciplinary measures including exclusion from school
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- systematic
- total
- …
- zone
- order
- to the exclusion of
- exclusion from
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exclusio(n-), from excludere ‘shut out’, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’.
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