exclusive

exclusive
ex|clu|sive1 [ıkˈsklu:sıv] adj
1.) available or belonging only to particular people, and not shared
exclusive access/rights/use etc
▪ Our figure skating club has exclusive use of the rink on Mondays.
exclusive report/interview/coverage etc
▪ Tune in to our exclusive coverage of Wimbledon.
exclusive to
▪ This offer is exclusive to readers of The Sun.
2.) exclusive places, organizations, clothes etc are so expensive that not many people can afford to use or buy them
▪ Bel Air is an exclusive suburb of Los Angeles.
▪ an exclusive girls' school
3.) deliberately not allowing someone to do something or be part of a group
▪ a racially exclusive hiring policy
4.) mutually exclusive
if two things are mutually exclusive, you cannot have or do both of them
▪ Lesbianism and motherhood are not mutually exclusive.
5.) exclusive of sth
not including something
≠ ↑inclusive of something
▪ Our prices are exclusive of sales tax.
6.) concerned with only one thing
▪ The committee's exclusive focus will be to improve public transportation.
>exclusivity [ˌeksklu:ˈsıvıti] also exclusiveness
n [U]
▪ the exclusivity of private education
exclusive 2
exclusive2 n
an important or exciting story that is printed in only one newspaper, because that newspaper was the first to find out about it
▪ a New York Post exclusive about the Kennedy marriage

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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