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Webster 1913 Edition


Exclusive

Ex-clu′sive

Adj.
[Cf. F.
exclusif
.]
1.
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.
2.
Not taking into the account; excluding from consideration; – opposed to
inclusive
;
as, five thousand troops,
exclusive
of artillery
.

Ex-clu′sive

,
Noun.
One of a coterie who exclude others; one who from real of affected fastidiousness limits his acquaintance to a select few.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exclusive

EXCLU'SIVE

,
Adj.
Having the power of preventing entrance; as exclusive bars.
1.
Debarring from participation; possessed and enjoyed to the exclusion of others; as an exclusive privilege.
2.
Not taking into the account; not including or comprehending; as, the general had five thousand troops, exclusive of artillery and cavalry. He sent me all the numbers from 78 to 94 exclusive; that is, all the numbers between 78 and 94, but these numbers, the first and last, are excepted or not included.

Definition 2024


exclusive

exclusive

English

Adjective

exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive)

  1. (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
  2. (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
    Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
  3. exclusionary
  4. whole, undivided, entire
    The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.

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Noun

exclusive (plural exclusives)

  1. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
    The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially distastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature
  2. (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.

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French

Adjective

exclusive

  1. feminine singular of exclusif

Latin

Adjective

exclūsive

  1. vocative masculine singular of exclūsivus