| Definition of 'rule out' |
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1. (verb) preclude, rule out, close out
make impossible, especially beforehand
2. (verb) rule out, rule in
include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
3. (verb) rule out, eliminate, winnow out, reject
dismiss from consideration or a contest
"John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi"; "This possibility can be eliminated from our consideration"
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1. (verb) rule out
to exclude or reject
We ruled out a trip abroad this year.; We ruled the first three applicants out.
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Sense: to leave out; not to consider
We mustn't rule out the possibility of bad weather.
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 Afrikaans: vergeet, oor die hoof sie |
 Arabic: يَسْتَبْعِد، يَسْتَثْني |
 Bulgarian: изключвам |
 Brazilian: pôr de lado |
 Czech: vyloučit |
 German: ausschließen |
 Danish: udelukke |
 Greek: αποκλείω |
 Spanish: excluir, descartar |
 Estonian: välistama |
 Farsi: غیر محتمل پنداشتن |
 Finnish: sulkea pois |
 French: exclure |
 Hebrew: לְבַטֵל |
 Hindi: निकाल देना, नियम विरूद्ध |
 Croatian: isključiti |
 Hungarian: kizár |
 Indonesian: mengabaikan |
 Icelandic: útiloka |
 Italian: escludere |
 Japanese: 除外する |
 Korean: 배제하다 |
 Lithuanian: atmesti |
 Latvian: atmest; neņemt vērā |
 Malay: tidak mengendahkan |
 Dutch: uitsluiten |
 Norwegian: utelukke |
 Polish: wykluczyć |
 Persian: غیر محتمل پنداشتن |
 Pashto: لیری کول، راښکلل |
 Portuguese: pôr de lado |
 Romanian: a exclude |
 Russian: исключать |
 Slovak: vylúčiť |
 Slovenian: izključiti |
 Serbian: izostaviti |
 Swedish: utesluta |
 Thai: ไม่ยอมรับ |
 Turkish: göz önüne almamak, hesaba |
 Taiwanese: 排除，不列入考慮 |
 Ukrainian: виключати |
 Urdu: نامنظور کرنا |
 Vietnamese: loại trừ |
 Chinese: 划掉，排除…的可能性 |
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