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| exclaim | (v) utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy, Syn. cry out, cry, outcry, shout, call out, Example: `I won!' he exclaimed; `Help!' she cried; `I'm here, ' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost |
| exclamation | (n) an abrupt excited utterance, Syn. exclaiming, Example: she gave an exclamation of delight; there was much exclaiming over it |
| exclamation | (n) a loud complaint or protest or reproach |
| exclamation mark | (n) a punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation, Syn. exclamation point |
| exclude | (v) prevent from being included or considered or accepted, Syn. take out, except, omit, leave out, leave off, Ant. include, Example: The bad results were excluded from the report; Leave off the top piece |
| exclude | (v) prevent from entering; shut out, Syn. shut, keep out, shut out, Ant. admit, Example: The trees were shutting out all sunlight; This policy excludes people who have a criminal record from entering the country |
| exclude | (v) lack or fail to include, Ant. include, Example: The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages |
| exclusion | (n) the state of being excluded, Ant. inclusion |
| exclusionary rule | (n) a rule that provides that otherwise admissible evidence cannot be used in a criminal trial if it was the result of illegal police conduct |
| exclusive | (n) a news report that is reported first by one news organization, Syn. scoop, Example: he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials |
| Exclaim | v. t. & i. |
| Exclaim | n. Outcry; clamor. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ] Cursing cries and deep exclaims. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exclaimer | n. One who exclaims. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exclamation | n. [ L. exclamatio: cf. F. exclamation. ] Exclamations against abuses in the church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ] Thus will I drown your exclamations. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] A festive exclamation not unsuited to the occasion. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exclamative | a. [ Cf. F. exclamatif. ] Exclamatory. Earle. -- |
| Exclamatory | a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; |
| Exclave | n. [ Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en- ] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [ Recent. ] [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exclude | v. t. And none but such, from mercy I exclude. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Exclusion | n. [ L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude. ] His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Exclusionary | a. Tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| exclusiv { adv } | exclusively [Add to Longdo] |