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Dictionary: ex·clu·sive   (ĭk-sklū'sĭv) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Excluding or tending to exclude: exclusive barriers.
  2. Not allowing something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive conditions.
  3. Not divided or shared with others: exclusive publishing rights.
  4. Not accompanied by others; single or sole: your exclusive function.
  5. Complete; undivided: gained their exclusive attention.
  6. Not including the specified extremes or limits, but only the area between them: 20-25, exclusive; that is, 21, 22, 23 and 24.
  7. Excluding some or most, as from membership or participation: an exclusive club.
  8. Catering to a wealthy clientele; expensive: exclusive shops.
  9. Linguistics. Of, relating to, or being a first person plural pronoun that excludes the addressee, such as we in the sentence Chris and I will be in town tomorrow, so we can stop by your office.
n.
  1. A news item initially released to only one publication or broadcaster.
  2. An exclusive right or privilege, as to market a product.
exclusively ex·clu'sive·ly adv.
exclusiveness ex·clu'sive·ness or ex'clu·siv'i·ty (ĕk'sklū-sĭv'ĭ-tē) n.

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adjective

  1. Not divided among or shared with others: single, sole. See include/exclude.
  2. Singled out in preference: choice, chosen, elect, select. See choice, include/exclude.
  3. Not diffused or dispersed: concentrated, intensive, undivided, unswerving, whole. See collect/distribute, edge/center, part/whole.
  4. Catering to, used by, or admitting only the wealthy or socially superior: fancy, posh, swank, swanky. Informal ritzy. See plain/fancy.

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adj

Definition: unshared, restricted
Antonyms: divided, part, partial, shared, unlimited, unrestricted


Law Encyclopedia: Exclusive
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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Pertaining to the subject alone, not including, admitting, or pertaining to any others. Sole. Shutting out; debarring from interference or participation; vested in one person alone. Apart from all others, without the admission of others to participation.

For example, if a court has been granted exclusive jurisdiction over cases relating to a particular subject matter, no other court is able to entertain cases concerning that particular subject.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Given or belonging to no other. Also: keeping out certain people.

pronunciation No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive. — Gandhi (1869-1948).

Wikipedia: Exclusive
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Exclusive may refer to:

  • In journalism, exclusive can refer to information provided to or available from only one news outlet, such as an interview or photograph.
  • In the description of any formally defined set, the rules by which an object may be defined as excluded from the set are referred to as rules of exclusion.
  • In the description of a mathematical set, the term exclusive denotes that the endpoints of a range are not included within the set. For example, "the integers -2 to 2 exclusive" refers to the set {-1,0,1}; the endpoints, -2 and 2, are excluded. The term is generally applied to discrete elements.
  • Exclusive or, an operator in Boolean logic
  • Exclusive we in linguistics refers to first-person non-singular pronouns that don't include the addressee, i.e. we excluding you
  • Exclusive (album), the name of R&B singer Chris Brown's second album
  • Exclusive (EP), an EP by U2
  • Exclusive (play), a 1989 play by Jeffrey Archer

Other uses

  • In marketing, "exclusive" can refer to products that are only available from select distributors or retailers, and have never been released before, or only at a particular event.
  • In tax rates, "exclusive" can refer to a tax system that does not include taxes owed as part of the base.
  • In dating, "exclusive" refers to the activity of dating one person, sometimes referred to as "going steady" or "seeing how things go."
  • "Exclusive" is the online nickname of Dutch poker professional Noah Boeken.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som udelukker alt andet, undtagen, fornem, eneste, særlig, med eneret, udelt
n. - artikel med eneret

Nederlands (Dutch)
exclusief, geheel, enig, uitsluitend, exclusief verhaal (journalistiek)

Français (French)
adj. - choisi, sélect, huppé, exclusif, non compris, sans compter, (Comm) en sus
n. - (Journ) exclusivité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - exklusiv, einzig
n. - Ausschließlichkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκλειστικός, περιορισμένος, εκλεκτικός, εκλεκτός, μοναδικός

Italiano (Italian)
esclusivo, unico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - exclusivo

Русский (Russian)
особый, исключительный, эксклюзивный, разборчивый в знакомствах, единственный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - exclusivista, selecto, cerrado, exclusivo, comparativamente caro, de moda, único
n. - exclusivo, primicia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - exklusiv, uteslutande, enda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
独占的, 排外的, 唯一的, 独家新闻, 独家经营的项目

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 獨佔的, 排外的, 唯一的
n. - 獨家新聞, 獨家經營的專案

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 배타적인, 독점적인, 전문적인, 고급의
n. - 배타적인 사람, 독점기사

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 排他的な, 独占的な, 高級な
n. - 特種記事

idioms:

  • mutually exclusive    相互排除

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مقصور على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בלעדי, מתרחק, סגור, מיוחד‬
n. - ‮סקופ, כתבה מיוחדת‬


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