Exclusive

/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/ · adjective

Meaning

(literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions..

Definitions by Sense

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 renown, for superior members only.
3. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of social status, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
4. Exclusionary.
5. Whole, undivided, entire.
6. (linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
7. (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
8. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.

Example Sentences

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

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

The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".

They decided to no longer be exclusive.

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

The exclusives at the English Universities apply the term CAD to all non-members.

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• more exclusive
• most exclusive
• exclusives

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