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ex·clu·sive    Audio Help   [ik-skloo-siv, -ziv] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.not admitting of something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive plans of action.
2.omitting from consideration or account (often fol. by of): a profit of ten percent, exclusive of taxes.
3.limited to the object or objects designated: exclusive attention to business.
4.shutting out all others from a part or share: an exclusive right to film the novel.
5.fashionable; stylish: to patronize only the most exclusive designers.
6.charging comparatively high prices; expensive: exclusive shops.
7.noting that in which no others have a share: exclusive information.
8.single or sole: the exclusive means of communication between two places.
9.disposed to resist the admission of outsiders to association, intimacy, etc.: an exclusive circle of intimate friends.
10.admitting only members of a socially restricted or very carefully selected group: an exclusive club.
11.excluding or tending to exclude, as from use or possession: exclusive laws.
12.Grammar. (of the first person plural) excluding the person or persons spoken to, as we in We'll see you later. Compare inclusive (def. 4).
–noun
13.Journalism. a piece of news, or the reporting of a piece of news, obtained by a newspaper or other news organization, along with the privilege of using it first.
14.an exclusive right or privilege: to have an exclusive on providing fuel oil to the area.
[Origin: 1400–50; 1900–05 for def. 13; late ME (adj.) < ML exclūsīvus. See exclusion, -ive]

—Related forms
ex·clu·sive·ly, adverb
ex·clu·sive·ness, ex·clu·siv·i·ty,    Audio Help   [eks-kloo-siv-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, noun

—Synonyms 9. select, narrow, clannish, snobbish, restrictive, cliquish, illiberal.
—Antonyms 2. inclusive.
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