I. ex ‧ clu ‧ sive 1 AC /ɪkˈskluːsɪv/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . available or belonging only to particular people, and not shared
exclusive access/rights/use etc
Our figure skating club has exclusive use of the rink on Mondays.
exclusive report/interview/coverage etc
Tune in to our exclusive coverage of Wimbledon.
exclusive to
This offer is exclusive to readers of ‘The Sun’.
2 . exclusive places, organizations, clothes etc are so expensive that not many people can afford to use or buy them:
Bel Air is an exclusive suburb of Los Angeles.
an exclusive girls’ school
3 . deliberately not allowing someone to do something or be part of a group:
a racially exclusive hiring policy
4 . mutually exclusive if two things are mutually exclusive, you cannot have or do both of them:
Lesbianism and motherhood are not mutually exclusive.
5 . exclusive of something not including something OPP inclusive of something :
Our prices are exclusive of sales tax.
6 . concerned with only one thing OPP inclusive :
The committee’s exclusive focus will be to improve public transportation.
—exclusivity /ˌekskluːˈsɪvəti, ˌekskluːˈsɪvɪti/ ( also exclusiveness ) noun [uncountable] :
the exclusivity of private education
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1)
■ nouns
▪ the exclusive rights to something
BSkyB had exclusive rights to all the live matches.
▪ exclusive access to something
Regulations prohibit anyone having exclusive access to the data.
▪ the exclusive use of something
We had exclusive use of the house while he was away.
▪ an exclusive report/interview/picture (=appearing in only one newspaper or magazine)
The newspaper featured exclusive pictures of the couple’s new baby.
▪ exclusive coverage (=by only one newspaper or TV channel)
You can watch exclusive coverage of all the matches on BBC1.
▪ an exclusive deal/contract (=one that says that no other person or company can do the same job)
Our firm has an exclusive contract to handle the company’s legal affairs.
▪ an exclusive club (=only open to particular people)
Unfortunately, I’m not a member of the exclusive club of millionaires.
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
■ nouns
▪ an exclusive suburb/area
They live in an exclusive suburb on the north side of the city.
▪ an exclusive neighbourhood British English , an exclusive neighborhood AmE:
Some of these kids are from the most exclusive neighbourhoods.
▪ an exclusive hotel
With its marble columns and crystal chandeliers, the Crillon is one of the most exclusive hotels in Paris.
▪ an exclusive school
Marjorie went to an exclusive girls’ school.
▪ an exclusive shop ( also an exclusive store American English )
I walked along Bond Street, past all the exclusive shops.
II. exclusive 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
an important or exciting story that is printed in only one newspaper, because that newspaper was the first to find out about it:
a New York Post exclusive about the Kennedy marriage