1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Preclude

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transitive verb. To make impossible, as by action taken in advance; prevent. synonym: prevent.

transitive verb. To exclude or prevent (someone) from a given condition or activity.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To close; stop up; shut; prevent access to.

To shut out; hinder by excluding; prevent; impede.

To prevent by anticipative action; render in-effectual or unsuccessful; hinder the action of.

Synonyms To prevent, bar, debar, prohibit.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

transitive verb. To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. Remove the possibility of; rule out; prevent or exclude; to make impossible.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. make impossible, especially beforehand

verb. keep from happening or arising; make impossible

Word Usage

"And yet this device's size, weight and inability to make phone calls preclude it from replacing a smartphone."

Form

precludable precluded precluding preclusion preclusive

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

eliminate obviate rid of

Hyponym

Words that are more specific

Embarrass avert avoid baffle bilk

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Abood Jude Likud Mahmood Mahmoud

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

anticipate avert avoid ban bar

verb-form

precluded precludes precluding