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EXCLUSIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A news report that is reported first by one news organization
Example:
he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
Synonyms:
exclusive; scoop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("exclusive" is a kind of...):
account; news report; report; story; write up (a short account of the news)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Example:
gained their exclusive attention
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
concentrated (gathered together or made less diffuse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
Example:
an exclusive restaurants and shops
Classified under:
Similar:
alone; only (exclusive of anyone or anything else)
inner (exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence)
inner; inside; privileged (confined to an exclusive group)
selective (characterized by very careful or fastidious selection)
white-shoe (denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative)
Antonym:
inclusive (including much or everything; and especially including stated limits)
Derivation:
exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)
exclusiveness (tendency to associate with only a select group)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not divided or shared with others
Example:
sole rights of publication
Synonyms:
exclusive; sole
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
unshared (not shared)
Derivation:
exclude (prevent from being included or considered or accepted)
Context examples:
Mutually exclusive alternative forms of the same gene occupying the same locus on homologous chromosomes, differing in nucleotide sequence and governing the same biochemical and developmental process.
(Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
They estimated that the first infection from an unknown source in late 2013 was followed by exclusive human-to-human transmissions.
(Genetics of the 2014 Ebola Outbreak, NIH)
We should like, also, to discuss with you the drawing up of a contract for a term of years, say ten, during which we shall have the exclusive right of publishing in book-form all that you produce.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The Local Protocol, Standard Cancer Center Information Summary for Cancer Center Support Grant Application, is a study conducted by the reporting Cancer Center primarily in its catchment area (including institutional trials, either exclusive to the Center or in collaboration with other Centers, industry-sponsored trials, and other externally peer-reviewed trials).
(Local Protocol Standard Cancer Center Information Summary, NCI Thesaurus)
I had ninety pounds a year (exclusive of my house-rent and sundry collateral matters) from my aunt.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It seems to be a landmark building, a majestic castle, or wood-paneled exclusive club for example.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is estimated that not fewer than forty-seven persons must have been accommodated with dinner at one time, exclusive of the company in the passage and on the stairs.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
If you are living together, in an established, exclusive relationship, including marriage, this month will speak directly to you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He said it was the genteelest profession in the world, and must on no account be confounded with the profession of a solicitor: being quite another sort of thing, infinitely more exclusive, less mechanical, and more profitable.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
With planets in Capricorn, if you are single, I feel you won’t meet through a dating app—Capricorn promotes traditional values, so it is more likely that that you would meet at a party, club event, or another gathering, such as at an elegant sporting event, museum or art opening, or an exclusive industry conference or seminar.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
