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precludepreclude /prɪˈklud/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYprecludeOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin praecludere to block up, from claudere to close VERB TABLEpreclude |
Present | I, you, we, they | preclude | | he, she, it | precludes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | precluded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have precluded | | he, she, it | has precluded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had precluded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will preclude | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have precluded |
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Present | I | am precluding | | he, she, it | is precluding | | you, we, they | are precluding | Past | I, he, she, it | was precluding | | you, we, they | were precluding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been precluding | | he, she, it | has been precluding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been precluding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be precluding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been precluding |
formal to prevent something or make something impossible: preclude somebody from doing something Age does not preclude him from running for office.—preclusion /prɪˈkluʒən/ noun [uncountable] |