Exclusive Definition
ĭk-sklo͝osĭv
exclusives
adjective
Excluding or tending to exclude all others; shutting out other considerations, happenings, existences, etc.
An exclusive interest in sports.
Webster's New World
Excluding all but what is specified.
“only” is an exclusive particle.
Webster's New World
Not allowing something else; incompatible.
Mutually exclusive conditions.
American Heritage
Given or belonging to no other; not shared or divided; sole.
An exclusive right to sell something.
Webster's New World
Not accompanied by others; single or sole.
Your exclusive function.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
exclusives
Something exclusive.
Webster's New World
A news item initially released to only one publication or broadcaster.
American Heritage
An exclusive right or privilege, as to market a product.
American Heritage
Information (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.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
exclusive of
- not including or allowing for; ignoring
the cost exclusive of taxes
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Exclusive
Noun
Singular:
exclusivePlural:
exclusivesIdioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Exclusive
Origin of Exclusive
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From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
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