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{
"term": "exclusion",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the act of preventing somebody/something from entering a place or taking part in something",
"sensetop": "exclusion (of somebody/something) (from something)to the exclusion of something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was disappointed with his exclusion from the England squad.",
"contextForm": "exclusion (of somebody/something) (from something)"
},
{
"text": "Exclusion of air creates a vacuum in the bottle."
},
{
"text": "Memories of the past filled her mind to the exclusion of all else.",
"contextForm": "to the exclusion of something"
},
{
"text": "the country's unprecedented exclusion from this year's summit"
},
{
"text": "the problem of social exclusion"
},
{
"text": "an exclusion order to keep your partner out of your home"
},
{
"text": "Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["complete", "systematic", "total"],
"exclusion + noun": ["zone", "order"],
"preposition": ["to the exclusion of", "exclusion from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person or thing that is not included in something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Check the list of exclusions in the insurance policy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act of deciding that something is not possible",
"sensetop": "exclusion (of something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the exclusion of robbery as a motive"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a situation in which a child is banned from attending school because of bad behaviour",
"labels": "(British English)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the exclusion of disruptive students from school"
},
{
"text": "Two exclusions from one school in the same week is unusual."
},
{
"text": "disciplinary measures including exclusion from school"
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["complete", "systematic", "total"],
"exclusion + noun": ["zone", "order"],
"preposition": ["to the exclusion of", "exclusion from"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈskluːʒn/",
"audio": "ex/exclusion/exclusion__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈskluːʒn/",
"audio": "ex/exclusion/exclusion__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin exclusio(n-), from excludere ‘shut out’, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’."
}