Exclusive
[ɪk'skluːsɪv;ek-] or [ɪk'sklusɪv]
Definition
(noun.) a news report that is reported first by one news organization; 'he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials'.
(adj.) excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; 'exclusive clubs'; 'an exclusive restaurants and shops' .
(adj.) not divided or shared with others; 'they have exclusive use of the machine'; 'sole rights of publication' .
Editor: Xenia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having the power of preventing entrance; debarring from participation or enjoyment; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as, exclusive bars; exclusive privilege; exclusive circles of society.
(a.) Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; -- opposed to inclusive; as, five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery.
(n.) One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Excluding, debarring.[2]. Excepting, to the exclusion, not including.[3]. Illiberal, selfish, narrow, uncharitable, narrow-minded.[4]. Sole, only, special.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXCLUDE_and_COMPREHENSIVE]
Editor: Xenia
Examples
- By selecting the best for its exclusive use, it strives to reinforce the power of this best. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Their exclusive charter has not been confirmed by act of parliament. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Weight of the porter-bar and chuck which hold the plate for forging is 125,000 pounds, exclusive of counterweights used. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The supplies referred to in these instructions are exclusive of those required for your own command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Thus they not only had a greater investment than necessary in the truck itself, but were paying an exclusive charge in the way of operating costs and depreciation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An exclusive corporation necessarily weakens the force of this discipline. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such companies, whether regulated or joint-stock, sometimes have, and sometimes have not, exclusive privileges. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I had ninety pounds a year (exclusive of my house-rent and sundry collateral matters) from my aunt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The demand for army shoes fell off, and the system was abandoned; but it had incited invention in the direction of machine-made shoes and the day of exclusive hand labour was doomed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Those masters do not appear to have had either salaries or exclusive privileges of any kind. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Jews were already a people dispersed in many lands and cities, when their minds and hopes were unified and they became an exclusive people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some provinces are exempted from the exclusive sale of tobacco, which the farmers-general enjoy through the greater part of the kingdom. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Hovey captured 300 under fire and about 700 in all, exclusive of 500 sick and wounded whom he paroled, thus making 1,200. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It's a six-roomer, exclusive of kitchens, said Mr. Guppy, and in the opinion of my friends, a commodious tenement. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But in the manner in which they both govern their new subjects, the natural genius of an exclusive company has shewn itself most distinctly. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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