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precluded

precluded is the simple past and past participle of preclude.

Meaning of preclude

Verb

preclude (third-person singular simple present precludes, present participle precluding, simple past and past participle precluded)

  1. (transitive) To remove the possibility of; to rule out; to prevent or exclude; to render impossible.
    • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the skies clearing by this afternoon!

Questions about precluded

What is precluded the simple past and past participle of?
Precluded is the simple past and past participle of preclude.

Words near precluded in the dictionary

  1. precloned
  2. preclosing
  3. preclosure
  4. precludable
  5. preclude
  6. precluded
  7. precludes
  8. precluding
  9. preclusion
  10. preclusions
  11. preclusive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precluded (page history and authors); preclude (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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