preclude

English

Alternative forms

• præclude (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praeclūdere.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈkluːd/, /pɹiːˈkluːd/

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• Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)

1. (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!

   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of an Invitation”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 15:

     "Now, own the truth,—are you not very sorry that my having been in the opposition precludes your going to the most brilliant fête of the season?"

   • 1946 September and October, “Notes and News: Locomotive Whistle Gift”, in Railway Magazine, page 322:

     A chime whistle, presented to the L.M.S.R. by American model railway enthusiasts in 1939, is installed now as a works hooter at Crewe Works, as its height precludes its use on a British locomotive.

   • 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271:

     This is of unusual importance at Perth, compared with other modern yards, because the restricted scope for layout development precluded provision of a separate track as a head shunt at the southern end of the yard site. When such a facility is required, the main line has to be employed.

   • 2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in livescience‎^[1], retrieved 2013-09-30:

     Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

   • 2020 June 17, David Clough, “Then and now: trains through Crewe”, in Rail, page 61:

     All the overnight trains were composed of Mk 1 vehicles that had vacuum brakes. This precluded the use of new Class 87s, which only had train air braking equipment, [...].

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• precludable
• preclusive

Related terms

• exclude
• foreclose
• preclusion

Translations

rule out

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排除 (paai⁴ ceoi⁴), 杜絕／杜绝 (dou⁶ zyut⁶), 防止 (fong⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 排除 (zh) (páichú), 杜絕／杜绝 (zh) (dùjué), 防止 (zh) (fángzhǐ)

• Czech: vyloučit (cs) pf, zabránit (cs) pf, zamezit pf, znemožnit (cs) pf
• Danish: udelukke, umuliggøre
• Dutch: uitsluiten (nl), precluderen
• Esperanto: malebligi, bloki, bari (eo)
• Finnish: sulkea pois
• French: exclure (fr)
• Georgian: გამორიცხავს (gamoricxavs)
• German: ausschließen (de), verhindern (de), unmöglich machen
• Greek: αποκλείω (el) (apokleío)
• Hungarian: kizár (hu)
• Irish: coisc
• Italian: precludere (it)
• Latin: praeclūdō
• Polish: wykluczyć (pl), wykluczać (pl)
• Portuguese: excluir (pt)
• Russian: предотвращать (ru) impf (predotvraščatʹ), устранять (ru) impf (ustranjatʹ), исключать (ru) impf (isključatʹ), мешать (ru) impf (mešatʹ), препятствовать (ru) impf (prepjatstvovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: isključiti (sh)
• Slovak: znemožniť, vylúčiť, zamedziť, zabrániť, predísť
• Spanish: descartar (es), excluir (es), precluir (law)
• Ukrainian: унеможливлювати (unemožlyvljuvaty), робити неможливим (robyty nemožlyvym), виключати (vyključaty)

See also

• forestall

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /preˈklu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: pre‧clù‧de

Verb

preclude

1. third-person singular present indicative of precludere