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exclusiveexclusive1 /ɪkˈsklusɪv, -zɪv/ ●●○ AWL adjective ► exclusive interview/report/coverage etc. an exclusive interview with the convicted murderer ► the exclusive right We have the exclusive right to publish her work. ► exclusive use Hotel residents have exclusive use of the hotel’s private beach. THESAURUScosting a lot of money► expensivecosting a lot of money: Apartments in the city are very expensive. He took me to an expensive restaurant. ► high prices or costs that are high are more expensive than usual: Gas prices are very high right now. ► pricey informal expensive compared to other things of the same kind: The hotel was nice, but it was a little bit pricey. ► costly very expensive and often wasting money: They wanted to avoid a costly legal battle. ► overpriced too expensive and not worth the price: I’m not going into a tourist shop to buy an overpriced T-shirt. ► exorbitant exorbitant prices, costs, etc. are much too expensive: Housing prices in New York are exorbitant. ► astronomical astronomical prices, costs, etc. are so expensive that they are very hard to believe or imagine: The painting was sold for an astronomical price. ► exclusive exclusive restaurants, hotels, etc. have very high prices so that only very rich people can go to them: She spends two weeks every year at an exclusive spa in the Rockies. ► fancy fancy restaurants, cars, clothes, etc. are expensive and fashionable: They stayed at a fancy hotel in San Francisco. 1available to only one person or group, and not shared: an exclusive offerexclusive interview/report/coverage etc. an exclusive interview with the convicted murderer We have the exclusive right to publish her work. Hotel residents have exclusive use of the hotel’s private beach.2an exclusive group, organization, etc. is difficult to be part of: These students are part of an exclusive group of high achievers.3exclusive restaurants, hotels, etc. are for people who have a lot of money, or who belong to a high social class: an exclusive Manhattan hotel► see thesaurus at expensive4deliberately not allowing someone to do something or be part of a group OPP inclusive: a racially exclusive hiring policy5[only before noun] concerned with only one thing: the company’s exclusive focus on profits6exclusive of something not including: All prices are exclusive of tax.—exclusiveness noun [uncountable]—exclusivity /ˌɛkskluˈsɪvət̮i, ˌɪks-/ noun [uncountable] → see also mutually exclusive/contradictory at mutually (2) |