exclusive B1 Topic:People & Society US /ɪksˈkluːsɪv/ UK /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/ See IPA manual 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 mutually exclusive Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details 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 View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Media & Publishing External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown