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# exclusion

noun (exclusion — uncountable; an exclusion, exclusions)

«exclusion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Keeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#m1)
2. (UK schools) Being sent away from school as a punishment (suspension or expulsion). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#m2)
3. Something not covered or included, for example in an insurance policy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In schools «exclusion» in the UK means a pupil cannot come to school for a time; in everyday life leaving someone out of a game is exclusion and can hurt; in science an «exclusion zone» is an area people must keep out of. Phrases: «to the exclusion of», «exclusion zone», «fixed-term exclusion», «social exclusion».

### Examples

- The pupil got a two-day exclusion for fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x1)
- Leaving one child out of every game is exclusion, and it hurts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x2)
- Nobody may enter the exclusion zone around the volcano. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x3)
- She practised piano to the exclusion of everything else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x4)
- The insurance has some exclusions, like floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x5)
- Our class worked against the exclusion of new children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x6)
- How the goddess of discord resented her exclusion from the marriage festivities has already been shown. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/#x7)

### Note

From the verb «exclude». Opposite: inclusion. In maths, «excluding» or «exclusion of» means leave those out of the count: 20 children, excluding 3 absent, gives 17.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exclusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exclusion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exclusion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exclusion.html) on Mova free.