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DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin

claudere

close or shut

Forms

  • claudere
  • claus- — The form used for completed action.
  • -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
  • -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.

Origin

Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.

Note

Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.

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adjective / noun

exclusive

ik-SKLOO-siv/ɪkˈskluːsɪv/

Limited to particular people or a particular source.

The cabinet's sole key gives its holder exclusive access to the contents.

One adult opens a small private cabinet using its sole distinctive key, limited access to that one person, no words or logos.
Etymology
exLatinout, away; also thoroughly
+clusLatinclose or shut
+iveLatinhaving a quality or tendency

Originally describing something that ‘shuts out,’ exclusive came to describe rights and privileges that exclude others. Something exclusive to one person or group is therefore unavailable to everyone else.

In context

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More examples

  • This store has exclusive rights to sell the designer's shoes.
  • Subscribers receive exclusive discounts on tickets throughout the year.
  • The newspaper publishes an exclusive about the mayor's secret meetings.

Forms

exclusive · exclusives · more exclusive · most exclusive

exclusively adverb — Only for particular people or through one source.

exclusivity noun — The state of restricting access or availability.

Similar words

restricted
Emphasizes limits on access without necessarily involving a single source.
private
Emphasizes personal or group control rather than sole availability.
scoop
A story reported first, not necessarily by only one outlet.