Standard Lemma guide

excluding

prep · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep

Meaning 1

to the exclusion of; not including

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of exclude

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بِاسْتِثْنَاء (bi-stiṯnāʔ) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: за выключэ́ннем (za vyključénnjem) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: выключа́ючы (vyključájučy) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: апрача́ (apračá) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: апро́ч (apróč) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: акрамя́ (akramjá) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: акры́м (akrým) — to the exclusion of
  • Belarusian: кром (krom) — to the exclusion of
  • Bulgarian: с изключе́ние на (s izključénie na) — to the exclusion of
  • Catalan: a exclusió de — to the exclusion of
  • Chinese Mandarin: ...之外 (...zhiwài) — to the exclusion of
  • Czech: vyjma — to the exclusion of
  • Dutch: met uitzondering van — to the exclusion of
  • Esperanto: ekskludante — to the exclusion of
  • Finnish: pois lukien — to the exclusion of
  • Finnish: ilman — to the exclusion of
  • Finnish: lukuun ottamatta — to the exclusion of
  • French: à l’exclusion de — to the exclusion of
  • German: mit Ausnahme von — to the exclusion of
  • Japanese: ...をのぞいて (... o nozoite) — to the exclusion of
  • Korean: 을/를 제외한 (-eul/-reul je'oehan) — to the exclusion of
  • Māori: hāunga — to the exclusion of
  • Polish: oprócz — to the exclusion of
  • Polish: poza — to the exclusion of
  • Russian: за исключе́нием (za isključénijem) — to the exclusion of
  • Russian: исключа́я (isključája) — to the exclusion of
  • Russian: кро́ме (króme) — to the exclusion of
  • Swedish: exklusive — to the exclusion of
  • Ukrainian: за ви́нятком (za výnjatkom) — to the exclusion of
  • Ukrainian: виключа́ючи (vyključájučy) — to the exclusion of
  • Ukrainian: крім (krim) — to the exclusion of
  • Ukrainian: опрі́ч (opríč) — to the exclusion of
  • Ukrainian: окрі́м (okrím) — to the exclusion of
  • Welsh: ac eithrio — to the exclusion of
Real reading context

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