exclusive

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin exclūsīvus < excludere (to shut out, exclude) < ex- (out) + variant form of verb claudere (to close, shut).

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  • (US) IPA: /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/, /ɪkˈsklu.zɪv/

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exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive)

Positive
exclusive

Comparative
more exclusive

Superlative
most exclusive

  1. (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
  2. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, 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.
    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
    The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention

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Singular
exclusive

Plural
exclusives

exclusive (plural exclusives)

  1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
    The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature

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exclusive f.

  1. Feminine of exclusif.