Definition of Preclude

Preclude

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

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.

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Preclude Quotations

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head.
Andy Rooney

The simplicity and uniformity of rural occupations, and their incessant practice, preclude any anxieties and agitations of hope and fear, to which employments of a more precarious and casual nature are subject.
William Falconer

Our findings with reference to organized crime was that organized crime as an entity didn't participate in the assassination of the president. However, we were unable to preclude the possibility of individual members of organized crime having participated.
Louis Stokes

Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts.
Jean-Francois Lyotard

Relationships do not preclude issues of morality.
Jhumpa Lahiri

The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving research.
Rosa DeLauro

We wanted to be as expansive as possible to make sure we didn't preclude some good ideas.
John Poindexter

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