word-vault/dist/data/cards/ex/exclusive.json

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{
    "term": "exclusive",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "only to be used by one particular person or group; only given to one particular person or group",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The hotel has exclusive access to the beach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "exclusive rights to televise the World Cup"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His mother has told ‘The Times’ about his death in an exclusive interview *(= not given to any other newspaper)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The recording deal is not necessarily exclusive. The band can record material for other companies as well."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These products are exclusive to our outlets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the course's almost exclusive concentration on grammar (= it includes almost nothing else)"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "not necessarily"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not very willing to allow new people to become members, especially if they are from a lower social class",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He belongs to an exclusive club."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their clientele was exclusive and wealthy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "of a high quality and expensive and therefore not often bought or used by most people",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an exclusive hotel"
                },
                {
                    "text": "exclusive designer clothes"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had been sent to one of London's most exclusive girls' schools."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is one of the most expensive, exclusive resorts in the Mediterranean."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not including anything else",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had an exclusive focus on success and making money."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This list is not exclusive."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not including somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "exclusive of somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The price is for accommodation only, exclusive of meals."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "not able to exist or be a true statement at the same time as something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The two options are not **mutually exclusive** *(= you can have them both)*."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["mutually"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈskluːsɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/exclusive/exclusive__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪkˈskluːsɪv/",
                "audio": "ex/exclusive/exclusive__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent. (as a noun denoting something that excludes): from medieval Latin exclusivus, from Latin excludere ‘shut out’, from ex- ‘out’ + claudere ‘to shut’."
}