Crossword clues for exclusive
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beat \Beat\, n.
One that beats, or surpasses, another or others; as, the beat of him. [Colloq.]
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The act of one that beats a person or thing; as:
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(Newspaper Cant) The act of obtaining and publishing a piece of news by a newspaper before its competitors; also, the news itself; -- also called a scoop or exclusive.
It's a beat on the whole country.
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(Hunting) The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively. ``Driven out in the course of a beat.''
--Encyc. of Sport.Bears coming out of holes in the rocks at the last moment, when the beat is close to them.
--Encyc. of Sport. (Fencing) A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "so as to exclude;" 1560s, "that excludes," from Medieval Latin exclusivus, from exclus-, past participle stem of excludere (see exclude). Of monopolies, rights, franchises, etc., from 1760s; of social circles, clubs, etc., "unwilling to admit outsiders," from 1822. Related: Exclusively; exclusiveness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context literally English) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions. 2 (context figuratively English) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or reknown, 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 n. 1 Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively. 2 (context grammar English) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as ''only'', ''solely'', or ''simply''.
WordNet
adj. not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication" [syn: sole(a)]
excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops" [ant: inclusive]
not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained their exclusive attention" [syn: single(a), undivided]
n. a news report that is reported first by one news organization; "he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials" [syn: scoop]
Wikipedia
Exclusive may refer to:
- A closed, committed relationship
- An 'exclusive' or scoop (news), a news story reported by one organization before others
- Exclusive (album), by R&B singer Chris Brown
- Exclusive (EP), an EP by U2
- Exclusive, a 1937 American film
- Exclusive (Malaysian TV series)
- Exclusive (play), a 1989 play by Jeffrey Archer
- "Exclusive" , online nickname of Noah Boeken, a Dutch poker professional
- Exclusive Books, one of South Africa's largest book chains
- Exclusive Hotels, a hotel chain based in Surrey, England
- Exclusive Records, an American record label from 1944 to 1949
- Exclusive (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse
Exclusive is a digital EP by the Irish rock band U2, released exclusively on the iTunes Store in 2003. The EP was the band's first digital-only release.
Exclusive is the second studio album by American recording artist Chris Brown. It was released on November 6, 2007, by his independently-owned record label CBE, along with Jive Records; distributed by Zomba Group. The album was serving as the follow-up to his multi-platinum selling debut album Chris Brown (2005).
The album was critically and commercially successful, debuting at number 4 on the US Billboard 200, selling 295,000 copies in the first week. The album was supported by five singles; including three Billboard Hot 100, which successfully entered in the music markets, entering the top 20 amongst other charts worldwide. The album has earned double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States.
On June 3, 2008, Exclusive was re-released, when it has expanded into a double-disc deluxe edition; including a counterparts from the DVD, which was also released, which features the behind the scenes footage and music videos from his tour.
Exclusive is a Chinese drama series which co-produce by Double Vision and ntv7. It was telecast on every Monday to Thursday, at 9.45 pm on Malaysia's ntv7 channel.
Exclusive (foaled 8 April 1995) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. As a juvenile, she won a strongly-contested race on her debut and the finished third in the Fillies' Mile. As a three-year-old in 1998 she finished third in the classic 1000 Guineas before recording her biggest win in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. After her retirement from racing, she became a very successful broodmare, being the ancestor of major winners including Chic and Integral.
Exclusive is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alexander Hall and written by Jack Moffitt, Sidney Salkow and Rian James. The film stars Fred MacMurray, Frances Farmer, Charlie Ruggles, Lloyd Nolan, Fay Holden and Ralph Morgan. The film was released on August 6, 1937, by Paramount Pictures.
Usage examples of "exclusive".
Ranging the continent literally from Georgia to Maine, with all his weaknesses and indiscretions, and with his incomparable eloquence, welcomed by every sect, yet refusing an exclusive allegiance to any, Whitefield exercised a true apostolate, bearing daily the care of all the churches, and becoming a messenger of mutual fellowship not only between the ends of the continent, but between the Christians of two hemispheres.
Whilst they acknowledged the charms of the Greek, they asserted the dignity of the Latin tongue, and the exclusive use of the latter was inflexibly maintained in the administration of civil as well as military government.
Yet even in their fallen state, the Jews, still asserting their lofty and exclusive privileges, shunned, instead of courting, the society of strangers.
He granted an exclusive privilege to the English for furnishing the Spanish West Indies with negroes, according to the assiento contract.
His stories soon attracted general attention and were warmly welcomed by many critics but generally censured for an exclusive exuberance and elaboration of style.
This was only when she was in the presence of her betters and as practice for a time to come when, she told herself, she would run the most exclusive brothel in London Town.
Why, from the very moment an American started building his or her Miami Moorish house in the exclusive colony which the Meskins disparagingly called Disneylandia, the poor, helpless, despised retiree could expect to be gulled, bilked, hoodwinked and price-gouged by every Meskin contractor, carpenter, plumber, etc.
But there was something open-ended in its plangency, just as there had been something exclusive about the ideal order that the books had passively hinted at, the order of words.
Not that Portia thought very much of this accredited warrant of a sole and exclusive passion.
Shan States, but though they are often the preponderating, they are not the exclusive population.
We have attempted no propagandism and acknowledged no revolution, but we have left to every nation the exclusive conduct and management of its own affairs.
We must bear in mind, however sadly, that psychopathology is no longer the exclusive preserve of the degenerate and perverse.
The king likewise recommends it to the commissioners to inquire and examine, whether a greater freedom of trade, and an exemption from the restraint of exclusive companies, would not be beneficial.
Von Krankin and I have exclusive responsibility for recruitment, training and ops.
Estelle knew perfectly well that if she were to dial the number of the apartment in the exclusive block that her mother had persuaded Ethian to buy the previous year, she would be unlikely to get a response from anything other than the an n swering machine and that even if she did leave her a message, her mother would probably not bother to ring back.