exclusive
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sɪv, -zɪv adjective
1.
not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
2.
omitting from consideration or account (often followed by of ): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.
3.
limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business.
4.
shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel.
5.
fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive designers.
6.
charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops.
7.
noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information.
8.
single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places.
9.
disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends.
10.
admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club.
11.
12.
noun
13.
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.
14.
an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.
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Origin:
1400–50; 1900–05 for def 13; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin exclūsīvus. See exclusion, -ive
1400–50; 1900–05 for def 13; late Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin exclūsīvus. See exclusion, -ive
Related forms
ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
non·ex·clu·sive, adjective
pre·ex·clu·sive, adjective
pre·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
sem·i·ex·clu·sive, adjective
sem·i·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
sem·i·ex·clu·sive·ness, noun
ul·tra·ex·clu·sive, adjective
ul·tra·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
ul·tra·ex·clu·sive·ness, noun
un·ex·clu·sive, adjective
un·ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
un·ex·clu·sive·ness, noun
Synonyms
9. select, narrow, clannish, snobbish, restrictive, cliquish, illiberal.
9. select, narrow, clannish, snobbish, restrictive, cliquish, illiberal.
Antonyms
2. inclusive.
2. inclusive.
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| —adj (foll by to) (foll by of) | |
| 1. | excluding all else; rejecting other considerations, possibilities, events, etc: an exclusive preoccupation with money |
| 2. | belonging to a particular individual or group and to no other; not shared: exclusive rights; an exclusive story |
| 3. | belonging to or catering for a privileged minority, esp a fashionable clique: an exclusive restaurant |
| 4. | limited (to); found only (in): this model is exclusive to Harrods |
| 5. | single; unique; only: the exclusive means of transport on the island was the bicycle |
| 6. | separate and incompatible: mutually exclusive principles |
| 7. | (immediately postpositive) not including the numbers, dates, letters, etc, mentioned: 1980--84 exclusive |
| 8. | except (for); not taking account (of): exclusive of bonus payments, you will earn this amount |
| 9. | 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 |
| 10. | logic Compare inclusive (of a disjunction) true if only one rather than both of its component propositions is true |
| —n | |
| 11. | an exclusive story; a story reported in only one newspaper |
| ex'clusively | |
| —adv | |
| exclusivity | |
| —n | |
| ex'clusiveness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
exclusive
1510s, "so as to exclude," from M.L. exclusivus, from exclus-, pp. stem of excludere (see exclude). Of monopolies, rights, franchises, etc., from 1760s; of social circles, clubs, etc., "unwilling to admit outsiders," from 1822. Related: Exclusively; exclusivity.
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Example sentences
But living in your means is not mutually exclusive with being an entrepreneurial consumer.
Because they have personal experiences with completely different, mutually exclusive gods.
As a result, groups of water molecules form exclusive cliques, aka droplets.
Truly enjoying something simply because it is exclusive thus makes evolutionary sense.
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