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exclusive
English
Etymology
From Latin excl?s?vus, from excludere (“to shut out, exclude”), from ex- (“out”) + variant form of verb claudere (“to close, shut”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?sklu.s?v/, /?k?sklu.z?v/
- Hyphenation: ex?clu?sive
Adjective
exclusive (comparative more exclusive, superlative most exclusive)
- (literally) Excluding items or members that do not meet certain conditions.
- (figuratively) Referring to a membership organisation, service or product: of high quality and/or renown, 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.
- Exclusive clubs tend to serve exclusive brands of food and drinks, in the same exorbitant price range, such as the 'finest' French châteaux.
- Exclusionary.
- Whole, undivided, entire.
- The teacher's pet commands the teacher's exclusive attention.
- (linguistics) Of or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when excluding the person being addressed.
- The pronoun in "We're going to a party later, but you aren't invited" is an exclusive "we".
- (of two people in a romantic or sexual relationship) Having a romantic or sexual relationship with one another, to the exclusion of others.
- They decided to no longer be exclusive.
Antonyms
- inclusive
- non-exclusive
Derived terms
Related terms
- excludent (discrimination)
Translations
Noun
exclusive (plural exclusives)
- Information (or an artefact) that is granted or obtained exclusively.
- The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.
- A member of a group who exclude others from their society.
- (grammar) A word or phrase that restricts something, such as only, solely, or simply.
Translations
Further reading
- exclusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- exclusive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Adjective
exclusive
- feminine singular of exclusif
Latin
Adjective
excl?s?ve
- vocative masculine singular of excl?s?vus
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cold
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??ld/, /k??ld/
- (General American) enPR: k?ld, IPA(key): /ko?ld/
- Homophone: coaled
- Rhymes: -??ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English cold, from Old English, specifically Anglian cald. The West Saxon form, ?eald (“cold”), survived as early Middle English cheald, cheld, or chald. Both descended from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz, a participle form of *kalan? (“to be cold”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Adjective
cold (comparative colder, superlative coldest)
- (of a thing) Having a low temperature.
- (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.
- (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
- Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling.
- 2011 April 23, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut:
- RIVER SONG (upon seeing the still-living DOCTOR, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death): This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold.
- 2011 April 23, Doctor Who, series 6, episode 1, The Impossible Astronaut:
- Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial.
- Completely unprepared; without introduction.
- Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
- (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart.
- (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for.
- (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.
- cold plants
- (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!
- The jest grows cold […] when it comes on in a second scene.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter
- Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
- (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.
- Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
- (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
- (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
- (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless
- I can't believe she said that...that was cold!
- (informal) Not radioactive. [from the 20thc.]
- 1953, Philip K. Dick, "That's right," Jackson said. "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice. "What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?"”, in Planet for Transients, a short story published in Fantastic Universe magazine: Oct-Nov 1953. Page 64
Synonyms
- (of a thing, having a low temperature): chilled, chilly, freezing, frigid, glacial, icy, cool
- (of the weather): (UK, slang) brass monkeys, nippy, parky, taters
- (of a person or animal):
- (unfriendly): aloof, distant, hostile, standoffish, unfriendly, unwelcoming
- (unprepared): unprepared, unready
- See also Thesaurus:cold
Antonyms
- (having a low temperature): baking, boiling, heated, hot, scorching, searing, torrid, warm
- (of the weather): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
- (of a person or animal): hot (See the corresponding synonyms of hot.)
- (unfriendly): amiable, friendly, welcoming
- (unprepared): prepared, primed, ready
- (not radioactive): hot, radioactive
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ?eald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-Germanic *kald? (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”).
Noun
cold (plural colds)
- A condition of low temperature.
- (with 'the', figuratively) A harsh place; a place of abandonment.
- The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.
- (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.
- (slang) rheum, sleepy dust
- 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning
- Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why
- 1996, Ghostface Killah, All That I Got Is You
- But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit
- 1994, Notorious B.I.G., Warning
Synonyms
- (low temperature): coldness
- (illness): common cold, coryza, head cold, pose
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- freeze, frost
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English colde, from Old English calde, ?ealde (“coldly”), from the adjective (see above).
Adverb
cold (comparative more cold, superlative most cold)
- While at low temperature.
- The steel was processed cold.
- Without preparation.
- The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.
- With finality.
- I knocked him out cold.
- (slang, informal, dated) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.
- 1986, Run-DMC, Peter Piper.
- Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep
- 1986, Run-DMC, Peter Piper.
References
See also
- cool
- fresh
- lukewarm
- tepid
Anagrams
- clod, loc'd
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cald, cheld, cheald, chald
Etymology
From Old English cald, an Anglian form of ?eald.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??ld/
- (from the form ?eald) IPA(key): /t???ld/
Adjective
cold (plural and weak singular colde, comparative colder, superlative *coldest)
- (temperature) cold, cool
- (weather) cold, cool
- (locations) having a tendency to be cold
- cold-feeling, cold when touched, cooled, chilly
- lifeless, having the pallor of death
- cold-hearted, indifferent, insensitive
- distressed, sorrowful, worried
- (alchemy, medicine) Considered to be alchemically cold
Descendants
- English: cold
- Scots: cald, cauld
- Yola: cole, khoal
References
- “c?ld, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
Noun
cold
- cold, coldness
- The feeling of coldness or chill
- Lack of feelings or emotion
- (alchemy, medicine) Alchemical coldness
Descendants
- English: cold
- Scots: cald, cauld
References
- “c?ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-26.
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