noun
Meaning 1
The act of precluding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
preclusion
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rhymes with -uːʒən
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CMU ARPABET: P R IH0 K L UW1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P R IY0 K L UW1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The condition of being precluded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obviation, forestalling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevention, bar
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeclusio, praeclusionis, from Latin praecludo.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предотвратяване (predotvratjavane) — act
- Finnish: poissulkeminen — act
- Finnish: poissulkeminen — condition