Meaning of exclusive in English

exclusive

adjective

/ɪksˈkluː.sɪv/ us

/ɪksˈkluː.sɪv/

exclusive adjective (ONLY FOR SOME)

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limited to only one person or group of people:

exclusive use This room is for the exclusive use of guests.

exclusive interview He gave an exclusive interview to the Times from his home in California.

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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costing a lot of money

expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
dearUK I find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
exclusiveThey have an apartment in 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.

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Excluding

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Expensive & luxurious

exclusive adjective (NOT INCLUDING)

exclusive of something

not including something:

Is the total exclusive of service charges?

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exclusivity

exclusive

noun [ C ]

/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.

Synonym

scoop

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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features

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(Definition of exclusive from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

exclusive | American Dictionary

exclusive

adjective

/ɪkˈsklu·sɪv/

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limited to only one person or group of people:

The pool is for the exclusive use of residents of Springfield.

A place that is exclusive provides goods and services for a limited number of people, esp. those who are wealthy:

an exclusive club

(Definition of exclusive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

exclusive | Business English

exclusive

adjective

/ɪksˈkluːsɪv/ us

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limited to only one person, group of people, or organization:

an exclusive agreement/contract/deal The licence provides the company with an exclusive 12-year agreement for gambling rights on the island.

exclusive rights/an exclusive licence to do sth They have been given exclusive rights to distribute replicas of the ring.

He seems to have exclusive access to the boss.

Dedicate a computer, phone, and fax for your exclusive use.

exclusive to sb/sth She was approached by the marketing director to create a line of shoes exclusive to the stores.

expensive and of a high quality, and therefore only for people who are rich or of a high social class:

an exclusive area/hotel/shop

The estate agent described the houses as "an exclusive development of detached executive homes with views of the river".

relating to something that is the only official one of its type:

an exclusive distributor/provider/supplier The agreement makes GE the exclusive supplier on the new jet.

exclusive of sth

not including something:

The price is £315.00 exclusive of VAT.

mutually exclusive

not possible at the same time:

Ethics, values, and high performance are not mutually exclusive.

(Definition of exclusive from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of exclusive

exclusive

Late prehistoric ostentation, by contrast, was aimed at a larger audience and there is no sign of an exclusive elite culture.

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Constraints for the connects space are inclusive or exclusive in nature.

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The exclusivity definition specifies that a par t is either exclusive or shared.

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The shared and exclusive use of resource is generalized via the use of contexts.

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Subsequently, all autosomes were re-analysed using models with exclusive paternal or maternal expression [4].

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In addition to the non-exclusive relationships found, there was also the nature of the discriminating factors to be taken into consideration.

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Women are expected to work as well as bear children and the two roles are not seen as mutually exclusive.

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The exclusive use of non-appliance methods increases as the educational level declines.

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Duration of exclusive nursing and nursing at night were the significant predictors.

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Based on our findings, perceptual similarity may qualify as a sort of conclusive evidence for two-year-olds that labels do not denote mutually exclusive categories.

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The exclusive emphasis on equivalences reflects the intended transformational application of laws.

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Thus, the patterns -, -a -, and sl - sr are exhaustive and exclusive.

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Politics and policy making were claimed to be the exclusive domain of the state.

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They often specifically targeted their disadvantaged beneficiaries in an open, unabashed way, and were often exclusive.

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The problem with this finding is that none of the social, religious, and economic categories examined above are exclusive of others.

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Translations of exclusive

in Chinese (Traditional)

專用的，專有的, 獨有的，獨佔的, 昂貴的…

in Chinese (Simplified)

专用的，专有的, 独有的，独占的, 昂贵的…

in Spanish

exclusivo, exclusiva, exclusivo/iva [masculine-feminine]…

in Portuguese

exclusivo, exclusivo/-va [masculine-feminine], exclusiva [feminine]…

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मर्यादित, खास - फक्त एक व्यक्ती किंवा लोकांच्या समूहापुरते मर्यादित, महागडा…

高級な, 高級（こうきゅう）な, 独占的（どくせんてき）な…

pahalı, zengin ve yüksek sosyal sınıf için olan, özel ve pahalı…

sélect, exclusif/-ive, exclusivité [feminine]…

exclusiu…

exclusief, uitsluitend…

ஒரு நபர் அல்லது மக்கள் குழுவுக்கு மட்டுமே வரையறுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது, விலையுயர்ந்த மற்றும் பணக்காரர்கள் அல்லது உயர் சமூக வகுப்பைச் சேர்ந்தவர்களுக்கு மட்டுமே…

अनन्य, केवल किसी खास व्यक्ति या समूह के लिए सीमित, विशिष्ट…

અલાયદું, વિશિષ્ટ, ખર્ચાળ અને માત્ર ધનવાનો અથવા ઉચ્ચ વર્ગના લોકો માટે.…

med eneret, eksklusiv, mondæn…

med ensamrätt, exklusiv, lyxig…

eksklusif, mewah dan mahal, tertutup…

ausschließlich, vornehm, exklusiv…