exclusive

[ ik-skloo-siv, -ziv ]

/ ɪkˈsklu sɪv, -zɪv /

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adjective

not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.

omitting from consideration or account (often followed by of): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.

limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business.

shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel.

fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive clothing designers.

charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops.

noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information.

single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places.

disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends.

admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club.

excluding or tending to exclude or prohibit, as from use or possession: exclusive laws; exclusive restrictions on use of the property.

Grammar. (of the first person plural) not including the person or persons spoken to, as we in We'll see you later.Compare inclusive(def 4).

noun

Journalism. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.

an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.

Nearby words

exclusion clause, exclusion principle, exclusionary rule, exclusionism, exclusionist, exclusive, exclusive brethren, exclusive disjunction, exclusive economic zone, exclusive or, exclusive or circuit

Origin of exclusive

1400–50; 1900–05 for def 13; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin exclūsīvus. See exclusion, -ive

SYNONYMS FOR exclusive

9 select, narrow, clannish, snobbish, restrictive, cliquish, illiberal.

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ANTONYMS FOR exclusive

2 inclusive.

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Related forms

ex·clu·sive·ly, adverbex·clu·sive·ness, ex·clu·siv·i·ty

[eks-kloo-siv-i-tee] /ˌɛks kluˈsɪv ɪ ti/, nounnon·ex·clu·sive, adjectivepre·ex·clu·sive, adjective

pre·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverbsem·i·ex·clu·sive, adjectivesem·i·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverbsem·i·ex·clu·sive·ness, nounul·tra·ex·clu·sive, adjectiveul·tra·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverbul·tra·ex·clu·sive·ness, nounun·ex·clu·sive, adjectiveun·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverbun·ex·clu·sive·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for exclusively

The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
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Or perhaps more accurately, a man, in his last years, especially but not exclusively consumed by affairs of the spirit.
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However, these scholarships are also exclusively offered to Miss America contestants.
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It is certainly not correct to exclusively depict her as an entirely innocent victim.
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By the 1920s the rise of big hotels took the Catskills by storm, almost all of which were exclusively Jewish.
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The trip of the Southern Cross was important as an experiment, being the first with an exclusively native crew.
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For the history which is to occupy us in these volumes is not exclusively the history of Holland.
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After all, her death can not be exclusively laid to my charge.
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The reason why fishing was so persistently and exclusively followed in this particular spot is not hard to seek.
The Old Coast Road|Agnes Rothery
Many scholars hold that it was exclusively choric, not only in Tacitus' time but for four or five centuries later.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick

British Dictionary definitions for exclusively

exclusive

/ (ɪkˈskluːsɪv) /

adjective

excluding all else; rejecting other considerations, possibilities, events, etcan exclusive preoccupation with money

belonging to a particular individual or group and to no other; not sharedexclusive rights; an exclusive story

belonging to or catering for a privileged minority, esp a fashionable cliquean exclusive restaurant

(postpositive foll by to) limited (to); found only (in)this model is exclusive to Harrods

single; unique; onlythe exclusive means of transport on the island was the bicycle

separate and incompatiblemutually exclusive principles

(immediately postpositive) not including the numbers, dates, letters, etc, mentioned1980–84 exclusive

(postpositive foll by of) except (for); not taking account (of)exclusive of bonus payments, you will earn this amount

commerce (of a contract, agreement, etc) binding the parties to do business only with each other with respect to a class of goods or services

logic (of a disjunction) true if only one rather than both of its component propositions is trueCompare inclusive (def. 5)

noun

an exclusive story; a story reported in only one newspaper

Derived Forms

exclusively, adverbexclusivity (ˌɛkskluːˈsɪvɪtɪ) or exclusiveness, noun

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