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Definition of exclusive

adjective

  • 1excluding or not admitting other things:an exclusive focus on success and making money the list is not exclusive
  • unable to exist or be true if something else exists or is true:mutually exclusive options
  • (of terms) excluding all but what is specified.
  • 2restricted to the person, group, or area concerned:the couple had exclusive possession of the flat the problem isn’t exclusive to Dublin
  • (of an item or story) not published or broadcast elsewhere:an exclusive interview
  • 3catering for or available to only a few, select customers; high class and expensive:one of Britain’s most exclusive clubs
  • 4 (exclusive of) not including:prices are exclusive of VAT

noun

  • an item or story published or broadcast by only one source.

Derivatives

exclusiveness

noun

exclusivity


noun

Origin:

late 15th century (as a noun denoting something that excludes): from medieval Latin exclusivus, from Latin excludere 'shut out' (see exclude)

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Definition of exclusive in the US English dictionary