Past tense of preclude

Forms of preclude

Precluded in a sentence

• This is of unusual importance at Perth, compared with other modern yards, because the restricted scope for layout development precluded provision of a separate track as a head shunt at the southern end of the yard site.1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 271
• A post-scarcity communism that doesn't dispense with all thoughts of the divine and numinous can't be precluded.2022, China Miéville, chapter 4, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC. From the entry numinous
• The shallowness of the Perfume River, which runs through Huế, and the shifting sandbars at its mouth precluded oceangoing vessels from sailing up the river as far as Huế.2010, C. Michele Thompson, “Jean Marie Despiau: Unjustly Maligned Physician in the Medical Service of the Nguyễn”, in Wynn Wilcox, editor…. From the entry Huế
• The trumpet was late in joining the orchestra, partly because the self-styled "knightly" guild in which the trumpetists were organized precluded, or at least discouraged, any cooperation with ordinary musicians.1957, The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, page 647. From the entry trumpetist

Meaning of preclude

1. verb To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.

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Questions about the past tense of preclude

What is the past tense of preclude?

The past tense of preclude is precluded.

What is the past participle of preclude?

The past participle of preclude is precluded.

Is preclude a regular or irregular verb?

Preclude is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.