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The correct spelling is exclusive.
How to pronounce exclusive
noun
IPA: /ɪkˈsklu.sɪv/
Say it like: Exc-lus-ive
The correct spelling is exclusive. Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively. For example: "The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature."
Usage Examples
“The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.”
“Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.”
“The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
- 2.A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
- 3.(grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
adjective
- 1.Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- 2.Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, for superior members only. A snobbish usage, suggesting that members who do not meet requirements, which may be financial, of celebrity, religion, skin colour etc., are excluded.
- 3.Exclusionary.
- 4.Whole, undivided, entire.
- 5.Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
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