preclude
English
Alternative forms
- præclude (obsolete)
Pronunciation
Verb
preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)
- (transitive) Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.
- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
Derived terms
Translations
rule out