exclusive

B1
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/
Noun
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

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

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

3 Definition

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

Adjective
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.

2 Definition

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

Exclusionary.

4 Definition

Whole, undivided, entire.

Example Sentences
  • The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
5 Definition

Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.

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

(of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.

Example Sentences
  • They decided to no longer be exclusive.