COUNT OUT Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

count (out)

verb

Definition of count (out)

as in to exclude

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of I don't feel well, so count me out for the party tonight

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Quarterly earnings for the company totaled 35 cents per share, excluding certain items, below a FactSet forecast of 42 cents per share.

— Deena Zaidi,Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Police said this is the second-safest year in the subway in the last 15 years, excluding the pandemic.

— Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of exclude

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Right now, California bans public money from funding political campaigns, except in a handful of cities like Berkeley and San Francisco.

— Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The First World War did cause the telephone industry to be nationalized for a year, but this didn’t make much difference for users, notwithstanding a decree in Indiana that banned speaking German on the phone.

— Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of ban

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In 1939 African American opera singer Marian Anderson had been barred from singing in Washington’s Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who cited a white-performers-only policy.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 11 Nov. 2026
Back in 2022, the Biden administration imposed export controls that barred Nvidia from selling its most advanced AI chips to China, aiming to slow Beijing’s progress in AI and its potential military applications.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of bar

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The decision to suspend the football program eliminated last week’s set of games and another this week.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
At a hearing last week, as Assembly committee discussed measures including eliminating the $750 million cap, allowing above-the-line expenses, expanding eligibility, and extending the sunset date.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of eliminate

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The district also said that Beyer has made additional counseling and support services available to student-athletes and that students and staff undergo annual training intended to prevent harassment.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
The administration has avoided publicly announcing these operations to prevent signaling a return to large-scale warfare.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026

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