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exclusive

Sayik-SKLOO-siv/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/

Noun pluralexclusives

10 meanings of exclusive

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  1. 1
    limitedadjective
    Keeping out people or things that do not meet certain rules.

    Like a filter that only lets certain things through.

    This sale is exclusive to club members, so everyone else pays the full price.

    The parking lot is exclusive to staff, and visitors must park on the street.

    UsageSay exclusive to a group: a sale exclusive to club members.

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  2. 2
    for the eliteadjectivefiguratively
    High in quality or status and available only to a chosen few, with others deliberately kept out.

    Like a party where only a few people get an invitation.

    The resort is so exclusive that only celebrities can get a room.

    She joined an exclusive club that turns most people away.

    UsageIn ads it is praise, but it can also mean a place keeps people out unfairly.

    Similarselect, elite, upscale, high-end, luxurious

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A news story or item that only one newspaper, channel, or store has.

    Like being the only kid allowed to share a big secret first.

    The magazine ran an exclusive about the star's secret wedding.

    Our reporter landed an exclusive that no other paper had.

    UsageYou get or run an exclusive, often with a famous person.

    Similarscoop

  4. 4
    adjective
    Given fully to one thing, and not shared with anything else.

    Like giving something all of your time with nothing left over.

    The team's exclusive focus this month is fixing old problems in the app.

    Her exclusive attention stayed on the patient all night.

    UsageMostly in exclusive attention or exclusive focus.

    Similarundivided, complete, full, entire, total

    Oppositedivided, partial

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  5. 5
    adjective
    Only for one person or group, and not shared with anyone else.

    Each apartment on the top floor comes with exclusive use of a small roof garden.

    This new phone is exclusive to one store, so you can't buy it anywhere else.

    Similarsole

    Oppositeshared, joint, nonexclusive

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  6. 6
    adjectivewith of
    Not counting or including something. You use it with of, as in 'exclusive of tax'.

    The rent is $900 a month, exclusive of electricity.

    The trip took ten days, exclusive of travel time.

    Oppositeinclusive

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Origin

It goes back to Latin exclusivus. That word grew out of excludere, "to shut out," made from ex- ("out") and a form of claudere ("to close, shut").