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utelukke

verbverb

to rule out · to exclude

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. stenge ute eller nekte deltakelse i noe;
    ekskludereto exclude
    to shut out or deny someone participation in something;
    to excludeekskludere
    • mange kvinner er utelukket fra yrkeslivet many women are shut out of working life
    • bli utelukket fra foreningen to be barred from the association
  2. regne som umulig;
    eliminere som et alternativ
    to regard as impossible;
    to eliminate as an option
    • dette utelukker enhver annen forklaring this rules out any other explanation
    • politiet utelukket ikke at noe kriminelt hadde funnet sted the police did not rule out that something criminal had taken place