• v.
    ⦿dismiss from consideration or a contest
    lexical concept
  • 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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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:eliminate
  2. enl:reject
  3. enl:rule out
  4. enl:winnow out
wn:interlingual indexili:i25143

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • rejectrule outwinnow out
  • eliminaterejectrule outwinnow out