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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•clude /prɪˈklud/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -clud•ed, -clud•ing. - to prevent the presence of; exclude the possibility of:evidence that precluded a conviction.
pre•clu•sion /prɪˈkluʒən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•clude (pri klo̅o̅d′),USA pronunciation v.t., -clud•ed, -clud•ing. - to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible:The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
- to exclude or debar from something:His physical disability precludes an athletic career for him.
- Latin praeclūdere to shut off, close, equivalent. to prae- pre- + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut, close
- 1610–20
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged forestall; eliminate.
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