exclude
To deliberately leave someone or something out of a group, place, or activity. It describes the act of preventing entry, consideration, or participation in both physical and conceptual contexts.
例文
3 / 5They decided to exclude him from the group chat after the argument.
They chose not to let him participate in the digital conversation anymore.
The committee voted to exclude the evidence from the official hearing.
The group decided that the evidence should not be considered in the legal proceedings.
Don't exclude me from the plans just because I'm busy tonight!
Please keep me involved in the future activities despite my current schedule.
語族
覚え方のコツ
Think of the prefix 'Ex-' (meaning out, like in Exit) and '-clude' (from the Latin word for close). To exclude is to 'close the door to keep someone out'.
クイックテスト
The scientists had to ____ the skewed data points to ensure the final average was accurate.
正解！
正解は： exclude
例文
They decided to exclude him from the group chat after the argument.
everydayThey chose not to let him participate in the digital conversation anymore.
The committee voted to exclude the evidence from the official hearing.
formalThe group decided that the evidence should not be considered in the legal proceedings.
Don't exclude me from the plans just because I'm busy tonight!
informalPlease keep me involved in the future activities despite my current schedule.
The study excludes participants who have lived abroad for more than five years.
academicThe research does not include people with significant international residency in its data set.
The insurance policy specifically excludes damage caused by natural disasters.
businessThe business contract states that it will not pay for repairs resulting from environmental catastrophes.
語族
よく使う組み合わせ
よく使うフレーズ
to the exclusion of
doing one thing so much that everything else is ignored
mutually exclusive
describing two options where choosing one makes the other impossible
exclude from the list
to remove or fail to mention an item in a registry
よく混同される語
Preclude means to make something impossible in advance, whereas exclude means to leave something out of a category or group.
Except is usually a preposition or conjunction meaning 'but'; exclude is a verb meaning the action of leaving something out.
使い方のコツ
Exclude is a transitive verb, meaning it always takes a direct object. It is very frequently followed by the preposition 'from' to indicate the group or place someone is being kept out of.
よくある間違い
Learners often use 'except' as a verb when they mean 'exclude' (e.g., saying 'Please except me from the list' instead of 'Please exclude me').
覚え方のコツ
Think of the prefix 'Ex-' (meaning out, like in Exit) and '-clude' (from the Latin word for close). To exclude is to 'close the door to keep someone out'.
語源
From the Latin 'excludere', a combination of 'ex-' (out) and 'claudere' (to shut or close).
文法パターン
文化的な背景
In modern Western society, 'exclusion' is often discussed in the context of social justice and 'Inclusion' (its opposite) in workplace and educational environments.
クイックテスト
The scientists had to ____ the skewed data points to ensure the final average was accurate.
正解！
正解は： exclude
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