preclude

Other forms of preclude

past tense

precluded·

present participle

precluding·

third person

precludes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about preclude

What does preclude mean?

preclude means "keep from happening or arising; make impossible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in preclude?

preclude has 2 syllables: pre-clude. The stress falls on "clude". In IPA it is /pɹɪˈklud/.

What is another word for preclude?

Close synonyms include prevent, forestall, foreclose, forbid, rule out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is preclude a common word?

preclude is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with preclude?

4 words rhyme with preclude. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.