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To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- As Jane Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule her out as a suspect.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make something impossible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To disallow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make unavailable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
dismiss from consideration or a contest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi
- This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eliminate, winnow out, reject
Antonyms: none provided
include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rule in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rule, decree
make impossible, especially beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preclude, close out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obviate, rid of, eliminate
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
yliviivata
— to cross out
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Finnish:
hylätä
— to cross out
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French:
barrer
— to cross out
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French:
biffer
— to cross out
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German:
durchstreichen
— to cross out
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Portuguese:
riscar
— to cross out
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Catalan:
descartar
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Finnish:
sulkea pois
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Finnish:
hylätä
— to reject from list of possibilities
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French:
écarter
— to reject from list of possibilities
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French:
éliminer
— to reject from list of possibilities
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French:
exclure
— to reject from list of possibilities
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German:
streichen
— to reject from list of possibilities
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German:
ausschließen
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Hungarian:
kizár
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Portuguese:
excluir
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Portuguese:
descartar
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Spanish:
descartar
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Swedish:
utesluta
— to reject from list of possibilities
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Chinese Mandarin:
排除
(páichú)
— to make something impossible
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Czech:
vyloučit
— to make something impossible
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Dutch:
uitsluiten
— to make something impossible
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Finnish:
estää
— to make something impossible
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French:
exclure
— to make something impossible
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French:
interdire
— to make something impossible
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German:
durchkreuzen
— to make something impossible
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Indonesian:
menggugurkan
— to make something impossible
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Italian:
escludere
— to make something impossible
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Japanese:
除外する
(jogai suru)
— to make something impossible
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Japanese:
排除する
(haijo suru)
— to make something impossible
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Polish:
wykluczać
— to make something impossible
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Portuguese:
excluir (a possibilidade de)
— to make something impossible
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Russian:
исключа́ть
(isključátʹ)
— to make something impossible
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Russian:
исключи́ть
(isključítʹ)
— to make something impossible
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Spanish:
descartar
— to make something impossible
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Ukrainian:
виключа́ти
(vyključáty)
— to make something impossible
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Ukrainian:
ви́ключити
(výključyty)
— to make something impossible
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Finnish:
hylätä
— to disallow — see also disallow
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French:
exclure
— to disallow — see also disallow
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German:
streichen
— to disallow — see also disallow
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German:
annullieren
— to disallow — see also disallow
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German:
zurücknehmen
— to disallow — see also disallow
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Swedish:
döma bort
— to disallow — see also disallow
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German:
ausfallen
— to make unavailable
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German:
wegfallen
— to make unavailable
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German:
fehlen
— to make unavailable
