exclusive (exclusives plural )
1 adj If you describe something as exclusive, you mean that it is limited to people who have a lot of money or who belong to a high social class, and is therefore not available to everyone.
He is already a member of Britain's most exclusive club...
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exclusiveness n-uncount
...a rising middle class, which objected to the exclusiveness of the traditional elite.
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exclusivity n-uncount
...a company with a reputation for exclusivity.
2 adj Something that is exclusive is used or owned by only one person or group, and not shared with anyone else.
Our group will have exclusive use of a 60-foot boat...
3 adj If a newspaper, magazine, or broadcasting organization describes one of its reports as exclusive, they mean that it is a special report which does not appear in any other publication or on any other channel.
He told the magazine in an exclusive interview: `All my problems stem from drink'.
An exclusive is an exclusive article or report., n-count
4 adj If a company states that its prices, goods, or services are exclusive of something, that thing is not included in the stated price, although it usually still has to be paid for., (Antonym: inclusive)
Skiing weekends cost £58 (exclusive of travel and accommodation).
5 If two things are mutually exclusive, they are separate and very different from each other, so that it is impossible for them to exist or happen together.
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mutually exclusive phrase
They both have learnt that ambition and successful fatherhood can be mutually exclusive.