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exclusive
What does exclusive mean?
exclusive (adjective): not divided or shared with others.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use exclusive in a sentence?
- They have exclusive use of the machine. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce exclusive?
/ɪkˈsklusɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does exclusive come from?
From Latin exclūsīvus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of exclusive?
Words related to exclusive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “exclusive” mean?
concerning all parts of the world
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distant or otherwise inaccessible
Not quite: that's what remote means.
not divided or shared with others
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being nothing more than specified
Not quite: that's what mere means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “exclusive”?
sole
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free
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next
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left
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