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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rule out.ogg Forms: rules out [present, singular, third-person], ruling out [participle, present], ruled out [participle, past], ruled out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rule out (third-person singular simple present rules out, present participle ruling out, simple past and past participle ruled out)
  1. (transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler. Tags: transitive Translations (to cross out): yliviivata (Finnish), hylätä (Finnish), barrer (French), biffer (French), durchstreichen (German), riscar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-rule_out-en-verb-j32Aoq87 Disambiguation of 'to cross out': 61 13 0 24 2
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms (reject): eliminate, reject Translations (to reject from list of possibilities): descartar (Catalan), sulkea pois (Finnish), hylätä (Finnish), écarter (French), éliminer (French), exclure (French), streichen (German), ausschließen (German), kizár (Hungarian), excluir (Portuguese), descartar (Portuguese), descartar (Spanish), utesluta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rule_out-en-verb-cbe32eWT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 56 9 11 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 15 43 12 11 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 43 15 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 54 12 10 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 65 9 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 43 15 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 36 15 7 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 41 15 13 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 43 15 9 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 43 15 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 45 16 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 44 16 6 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 16 40 14 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 51 13 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 12 51 13 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 43 14 16 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 37 16 12 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 41 14 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 51 13 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 53 12 11 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 44 14 9 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 15 43 15 9 19 Disambiguation of 'reject': 3 89 2 5 2 Disambiguation of 'to reject from list of possibilities': 3 90 2 4 1
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms (make impossible): preclude Translations (to make something impossible): 排除 (páichú) (Chinese Mandarin), vyloučit (Czech), uitsluiten (Dutch), estää (Finnish), exclure (French), interdire (French), durchkreuzen (German), menggugurkan (Indonesian), escludere (Italian), 除外する (jogai suru) (alt: じょがいする) (Japanese), 排除する (haijo suru) (alt: はいじょする) (Japanese), wykluczać (Polish), excluir (a possibilidade de) (Portuguese), исключа́ть (isključátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), исключи́ть (isključítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descartar (Spanish), виключа́ти (vyključáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́ключити (výključyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-rule_out-en-verb-nJFMC6Oq Disambiguation of 'make impossible': 1 2 80 0 16 Disambiguation of 'to make something impossible': 0 1 92 0 7
  4. (transitive) To disallow. Tags: transitive Translations (to disallow — see also disallow): hylätä (Finnish), exclure (French), streichen (German), annullieren (German), zurücknehmen (German), döma bort (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-rule_out-en-verb-bhFOsosF Disambiguation of 'to disallow — see also disallow': 2 16 0 81 1
  5. (transitive) To make unavailable. Tags: transitive Translations (to make unavailable): ausfallen (German), wegfallen (German), fehlen (German)
    Sense id: en-rule_out-en-verb-quOYP7Yr Disambiguation of 'to make unavailable': 1 1 7 0 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:",
          "text": "In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.",
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          "ref": "2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:",
          "text": "The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.",
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          "ref": "2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-10-03, Society:",
          "text": "Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.",
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          "ref": "2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23:",
          "text": "Electrification of the Midland Main Line has not been ruled out.",
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          "_dis1": "0 1 92 0 7",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to make something impossible",
          "word": "排除"
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          "word": "estää"
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          "code": "it",
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          "word": "escludere"
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          "alt": "じょがいする",
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          "word": "除外する"
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          "word": "excluir (a possibilidade de)"
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          "text": "And Martin Skrtel's late headed goal was rightly ruled out for offside.",
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        "(transitive) To disallow."
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          "word": "zurücknehmen"
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          "ref": "2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:",
          "text": "Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.",
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          "sense": "to make unavailable",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to make unavailable",
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      "word": "consider"
    },
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      "sense": "reject",
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      "sense": "make impossible",
      "word": "allow"
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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    {
      "form": "rules out",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ruling out",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "ruled out",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "As Jane Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule her out as a suspect.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 726:",
          "text": "In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:",
          "text": "The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2022-10-03, Society:",
          "text": "Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 April 8, “Network News: MML still on electrification agenda”, in Rail, page 23:",
          "text": "Electrification of the Midland Main Line has not been ruled out.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reject an option from a list of possibilities."
      ],
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        [
          "reject",
          "reject"
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        [
          "possibilities",
          "possibilities"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something impossible."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impossible",
          "impossible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:",
          "text": "And Martin Skrtel's late headed goal was rightly ruled out for offside.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disallow."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disallow",
          "disallow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To disallow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:",
          "text": "Flair and invention were very much at a premium, suffocated by the relentless pace and often fractious nature of proceedings. The absence of James Morrison from the centre of Scotland’s midfield, the West Brom man ruled out on the morning of the game by illness, had already diminished the creative capacity of the home side in that department.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make unavailable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unavailable",
          "unavailable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make unavailable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-au-rule_out.ogg/En-au-rule_out.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-au-rule_out.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "reject",
      "word": "eliminate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "reject",
      "word": "reject"
    },
    {
      "sense": "make impossible",
      "word": "preclude"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "yliviivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "barrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "biffer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "durchstreichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to cross out",
      "word": "riscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "descartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "sulkea pois"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "écarter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "éliminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "exclure"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "streichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "ausschließen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "kizár"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "excluir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "descartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "descartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to reject from list of possibilities",
      "word": "utesluta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "páichú",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "排除"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "vyloučit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "uitsluiten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "exclure"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "interdire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "durchkreuzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "menggugurkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "escludere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じょがいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jogai suru",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "除外する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいじょする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haijo suru",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "排除する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "wykluczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "excluir (a possibilidade de)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isključátʹ",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "исключа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "isključítʹ",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "исключи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "word": "descartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyključáty",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "виключа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výključyty",
      "sense": "to make something impossible",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́ключити"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "hylätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "exclure"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "streichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "annullieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "zurücknehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to disallow — see also disallow",
      "word": "döma bort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make unavailable",
      "word": "ausfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make unavailable",
      "word": "wegfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make unavailable",
      "word": "fehlen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rule out"
}

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