exclusiveadjective
uk/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/us/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/exclusive adjective (ONLY FOR SOME)
C1 limited to only one person or group of people:
This room is for the exclusive use of guests.
an exclusive interview
B2 expensive and only for people who are rich or of a high social class:
an exclusive private club
an exclusive part of town
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- From our website you can watch exclusive video clips and audio clips.
- Being rich and being a Socialist are not mutually exclusive.
- For the programme, we were allowed exclusive access to the judges' private world.
- The two channels are fighting for exclusive rights to cover the championship.
- There is a danger of being exclusive if you're not willing to be flexible about different styles of worship.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- count
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- otherwise
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
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Expensive & luxurious
exclusive adjective (NOT INCLUDING)
exclusive of sth
C2 not including something:
Is the total exclusive of service charges?
mutually exclusive
not possible at the same time:
Some people think that uncontrolled economic growth and environmental stability are mutually exclusive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- count
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- otherwise
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
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exclusivity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌek.skluːˈsɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌek.skluːˈsɪv.ə.t̬i/also exclusiveness, uk/-nəs/us
the quality of being exclusive
exclusivenoun [ C ]
uk/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/us/ɪkˈskluː.sɪv/a story that is published in one magazine, website, etc., and no others:
The newspaper published an exclusive about the escape.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- column
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- filler
- funny
- lead 1
- leader
- masthead
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
- spread
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