OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 28872

preclude

/pɹɪˈkluːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
descartar • imposibilitar • precluir
To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
"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?"
It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!
Phrases
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