- prevented or made impossible; disallowed or ruled out: A company can "fairly dismiss" an employee without giving a reason, so long as the position does not fall into a precluded category under the law.
- (of a person) excluded or debarred; shut out: Literature by people of other races and cultures allows us to listen to these previously precluded voices of difference.
- the simple past tense and past participle of preclude.
