{
    "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’."
}