Basic Details
Word: Exclude
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: To keep someone or something out, or to leave it out on purpose.
Synonyms: omit, bar, leave out, shut out
Antonyms: include, admit, welcome
How to Spell Exclude
Syllables: ex - clude
Tricky part: Students write exclud or excloode. The ending is ude, as in include and conclude, with a silent e at the end. The c after ex is easy to forget too.
Watch out for: exclud, excloode, exlude
Memory tip: Exclude, include and conclude all end in clude. Only the start changes, and ex means out, so exclude means shut out.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Please do not exclude the new girl from your lunch group.
Example 2: The price of the tour excludes meals.
Example 3: We cannot exclude the chance of rain this evening.
Fun Fact
Shop bills in India often say a price is inclusive or exclusive of GST, which tells you whether the tax is already counted or will be added on top.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word exclude as used in the sentence:
The doctor told Papa to exclude fried snacks from his diet for a month.
a) include
b) drop
c) cut
d) avoid
Show answer
a) include. To include something is to take it in, the reverse of keeping it out.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The rules of the inter-school debate were strict, and the organisers decided to exlude any team that arrived after the opening speech had already begun.
a) organisers
b) already
c) opening
d) exlude
Show answer
d) exlude. A c must follow ex, so that the word ends in clude, just like include.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The club's new rules will lcudexe anyone who misses three meetings in a row.
a) conclude
b) exclude
c) include
d) seclude
Show answer
b) exclude. The x settles it: include, conclude and seclude do not have one.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If a timetable excludes Sundays, then Sundays are ____.
a) counted twice
b) the only days
c) the busiest days
d) left out
Show answer
d) left out
2. An exclusive club is one that ____.
a) lets only some people join
b) closes every week
c) has no rules at all
d) is open to everyone
Show answer
a) lets only some people join
