CLUS CLUD Root Word – Examples
CLUS CLUD Root Word – Examples
The word root CLUD and CLUS is found in many English words. This video provides 6 illustrated sentence examples of words that contain the root CLUD and CLUS.
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Here is a transcript of the video ” Words With the Root CLUD – CLUS” . . .
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The word root CLUD – CLUS comes from the Latin root claudo, clausus, meaning: SHUT
- EXCLUDE
- INCLUDE
- CONCLUDE
- SECLUDE
- EXCLUSIVE
- CONCLUSIVE
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EXCLUDE
Definition: to shut out, to prevent from entering, or being included, accepted
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Sentence example: During the 19th and early 20th century, the majority of women were excluded from voting in elections in the United Kingdom.
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INCLUDE
Definition: to take in (not shut out), to allow into a group or class
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Sentence example: Does your email service give you an attachment reminder if you forgot to include files?
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CONCLUDE
Definition: to bring to an end, to close, to make a final decision
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Sentence example: Frank Sinatra concluded his last live performance in 1995 before a select audience, with the song “The Best is Yet to Come”.
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SECLUDE
Definition: to shut away, to keep from social contact
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Sentence example: This cottage is located in a secluded spot overlooking Loch Shieldaig in the Scottish highlands.
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EXCLUSIVE
Definition: not admitting other things, single, the only one
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Sentence example: In journalism, a “scoop” is an exclusive story reported by one journalist or news organization before others, which is of great importance, surprise, or secrecy.
Pictured: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of The Washington Post with one of the most famous scoops of all time – the Watergate scandal, which eventually brought down the Nixon presidency.
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CONCLUSIVE
Definition: decisive, final, shutting out doubts or questions
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Sentence example: There was conclusive evidence that this was an act of arson.
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So when you see words with the root CLUD – CLUS look for a connection
with SHUT or CLOSED
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Slide 4 – votes for women
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Slide 6 – email service
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Slide 8 – Sinatra
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Slide 10 – Cottage
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Slides 12 – Woodward & Bernstein
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Slide 14 – fire
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