exclusive

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ɪksˈkluːsɪv/ UK /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/ See IPA manual

adj noun Freq #5461

Meanings

1

adj
Limited to one person or group; not shared with others.

Members have exclusive access to the private lounge.
2

adj
Expensive and open only to selected people; high-class.

They had dinner at an exclusive restaurant in the city centre.
3

noun
A news story given to or obtained by only one newspaper or channel.

The reporter landed an exclusive with the new president.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · limited to one person or... sole

Opposites

inclusivenon-exclusive

Word family

Forms exclusivenessexclusives

Derived forms exclusive-orexclusivelyexclusivenessexclusivismexclusivistexclusivityexclusivizesuperexclusiveultraexclusiveunexclusivexandxnand

Related forms excludent

Common collocations

exclusive club Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).

*(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Media & Publishing

# exclusive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ɪksˈkluːsɪv
**IPA (UK):** ɪkˈsklu.sɪv
**Frequency rank:** 5461

## Meanings
1. Limited to one person or group; not shared with others.
2. Expensive and open only to selected people; high-class.
3. A news story given to or obtained by only one newspaper or channel.

## Examples
- Members have exclusive access to the private lounge.
- They had dinner at an exclusive restaurant in the city centre.
- The reporter landed an exclusive with the new president.

## Antonyms
- inclusive
- non-exclusive

## Derived Forms
- exclusive-or
- exclusively
- exclusiveness
- exclusivism
- exclusivist
- exclusivity
- exclusivize
- superexclusive
- ultraexclusive
- unexclusive
- xand
- xnand

## Related Forms
- excludent

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *(s)kleh₂w-

## Etymology
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).

## AI Etymology
Exclusive comes from Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”). In current use, the main senses are “Limited to one person or group; not shared with others” and “Expensive and open only to selected people; high-class”.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Media & Publishing

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