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Meaning of exclusive

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

exclusive

Pronunciation:/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/

noun

Definitions

  1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

    Example: The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.

  2. A member of a group who exclude others from their society.

  3. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

  2. Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.

    Example: Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.

  3. Exclusionary.

  4. Whole, undivided, entire.

    Example: The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.