--- title: E — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 34 description: The 819 words of the English dictionary under E, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/34/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / E # E — The English dictionary · page 34 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* An excerpt is a short part taken from a longer book, film, speech or piece of music.[↗](../../excerpt/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal verb) To excerpt is to take out such a part to show or use it.[↗](../../excerpt/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Read the excerpt from «The Secret Garden».[↗](../../excerpt/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The test had an excerpt about whales.[↗](../../excerpt/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched an excerpt from the film.[↗](../../excerpt/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The choir sang an excerpt from the musical.[↗](../../excerpt/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · This excerpt shows how the character feels.[↗](../../excerpt/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper printed an excerpt of the speech.[↗](../../excerpt/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **excess** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An amount that is more than is needed, allowed or usual.[↗](../../excess/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* in excess of: more than.[↗](../../excess/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Extra; more than needed.[↗](../../excess/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "excess baggage".[↗](../../excess/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK, Australia) The amount you pay yourself in an insurance claim before the insurer pays.[↗](../../excess/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Pour off the excess water.[↗](../../excess/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lorry was in excess of its weight limit.[↗](../../excess/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to pay for excess baggage at the airport.[↗](../../excess/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · If the limit is 30 and there are 34, the excess is 4.[↗](../../excess/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating sweets to excess is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../excess/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wipe off the excess paint.[↗](../../excess/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The first-born of these was beautiful beyond compare, whereat the Queen was so very glad, that those present were afraid that her excess of joy would do her harm.[↗](../../excess/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **excessive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Excessive means too much, more than is needed or sensible.[↗](../../excessive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Excessive can mean going beyond what is fair or allowed.[↗](../../excessive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Excessive sugar is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../excessive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The driver was stopped for excessive speed.[↗](../../excessive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use an excessive amount of glue.[↗](../../excessive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) Excessive noise is not permitted after 10 pm.[↗](../../excessive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Excessive heat can damage plants.[↗](../../excessive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The punishment seemed excessive for such a small mistake.[↗](../../excessive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard.[↗](../../excessive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **excessively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Excessively means too much, more than is normal, needed or healthy.[↗](../../excessively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Eating sweets excessively is bad for your teeth.[↗](../../excessively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The room was excessively hot, so we opened the windows.[↗](../../excessively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He worried excessively about the test.[↗](../../excessively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The speech was excessively long, and people fell asleep.[↗](../../excessively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing video games excessively can make you tired.[↗](../../excessively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog barked excessively at the postman.[↗](../../excessively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not use the hand cream excessively.[↗](../../excessively/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · King Pluto had taken a road which now began to grow excessively gloomy.[↗](../../excessively/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **exchange** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To exchange means to give one thing and get another thing back.[↗](../../exchange/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") An exchange is that swap.[↗](../../exchange/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To exchange something in a shop is to take it back and get a different one.[↗](../../exchange/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To exchange money is to change it into the money of another country.[↗](../../exchange/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* An exchange is also a short talk between people, or a school exchange where pupils visit another country.[↗](../../exchange/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She exchanged 10 stickers for 2 cards.[↗](../../exchange/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · You can exchange 1 dollar for 4 quarters.[↗](../../exchange/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many cards can he get for 20 stickers?[↗](../../exchange/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They exchanged gifts.[↗](../../exchange/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I exchanged the shoes for a bigger size.[↗](../../exchange/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The friends exchanged phone numbers.[↗](../../exchange/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In exchange for helping, she got a free ticket.[↗](../../exchange/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A French girl came to our school on an exchange.[↗](../../exchange/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Shall we exchange?" he asked the toll-keeper.[↗](../../exchange/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.[↗](../../exchange/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../exchange/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He carved them, hewed them, exchanged them, and formed with them the stars in the World and days in the Year and gates in the Person.[↗](../../exchange/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../exchange/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thus they exchanged their glory for the likeness of an ox that eateth grass.[↗](../../exchange/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.106.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../exchange/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold and glass cannot equal it; neither shall the exchange thereof be vessels of fine gold.[↗](../../exchange/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.28.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../exchange/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they shall not sell of it, nor exchange, nor alienate the first portion of the land; for it is holy unto the LORD.[↗](../../exchange/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.48.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../exchange/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **exchangeable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Something exchangeable can be swapped or traded for something else.[↗](../../exchangeable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In shops, goods that are exchangeable can be taken back and changed for a different item, size or colour.[↗](../../exchangeable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shoes are exchangeable if they don't fit.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Sale items are not exchangeable.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Tokens are exchangeable for prizes at the arcade.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pounds are exchangeable for euros at the bank.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In addition, the two numbers are exchangeable: 2 + 5 = 5 + 2.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · These parts are exchangeable between the two toy cars.[↗](../../exchangeable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **exchanger** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A person who swaps one kind of money for another, a money-changer.[↗](../../exchanger/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **excise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) Excise, or excise duty, is a tax that the government puts on certain goods made or sold in the country, such as petrol, alcohol and tobacco.[↗](../../excise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, formal) To excise something is to cut it out or remove it, such as a part of a text or a lump in an operation.[↗](../../excise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The government raised the excise on petrol.[↗](../../excise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Excise duty makes cigarettes more expensive.[↗](../../excise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The surgeon excised the lump from her arm.[↗](../../excise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The editor excised two scenes from the film.[↗](../../excise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Customs and excise officers check goods at the port.[↗](../../excise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If the excise is 2 dollars a bottle, 10 bottles carry 20 dollars of excise.[↗](../../excise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **excitable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Excitable describes a person or animal that gets excited, nervous or upset very easily.[↗](../../excitable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An excitable puppy or child gets wound up quickly and finds it hard to calm down.[↗](../../excitable/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our excitable puppy jumps on everyone.[↗](../../excitable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My little cousin gets excitable before birthdays.[↗](../../excitable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The excitable crowd cheered loudly.[↗](../../excitable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sugar does not really make children excitable, but parties do.[↗](../../excitable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The excitable parrot squawked at every noise.[↗](../../excitable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Take a deep breath if you feel too excitable.[↗](../../excitable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **excite** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To excite someone is to make them feel very happy, eager and full of energy about something.[↗](../../excite/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To excite can mean to make someone nervous, upset or stirred up.[↗](../../excite/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In science, to excite something is to give it energy so it moves or reacts more.[↗](../../excite/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To excite a feeling, such as pity, is to make people feel it.[↗](../../excite/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The news of the school trip excited everyone.[↗](../../excite/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't excite the dog just before bedtime.[↗](../../excite/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea of snow excites my little sister.[↗](../../excite/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The magic show excited the crowd.[↗](../../excite/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat excites the tiny particles so they move faster.[↗](../../excite/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Nothing seems to excite him these days.[↗](../../excite/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My broken limb should excite your pity.[↗](../../excite/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **excited** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Excited means feeling very happy and full of energy because something good is happening or will happen.[↗](../../excited/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Excited can mean nervously worked up.[↗](../../excited/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The dog got excited and barked.[↗](../../excited/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I am so excited about my birthday\![↗](../../excited/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children were excited to see the snow.[↗](../../excited/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog gets excited when we come home.[↗](../../excited/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She was too excited to sleep before the trip.[↗](../../excited/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We are excited about the school play.[↗](../../excited/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was excited but a little nervous.[↗](../../excited/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't get too excited, it might rain.[↗](../../excited/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The excited crowd cheered.[↗](../../excited/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For suddenly he had become excited and his heart leaped in violent expectation.[↗](../../excited/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **excitedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In an excited way; full of eager, happy energy or strong feeling.[↗](../../excitedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «We're going to the seaside!» she shouted excitedly.[↗](../../excitedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The children chattered excitedly about the school trip.[↗](../../excitedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy wagged its tail excitedly.[↗](../../excitedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad danced excitedly around the yellow cart.[↗](../../excitedly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice ran excitedly after the White Rabbit.[↗](../../excitedly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The fans waved their flags excitedly.[↗](../../excitedly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He opened his birthday present excitedly.[↗](../../excitedly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Peter,” said Wendy excitedly, “that was Cinderella, and he found her, and they lived happily ever after.”[↗](../../excitedly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **excitement** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Excitement is the strong happy feeling you have when you are looking forward to something or when something fun or surprising is happening.[↗](../../excitement/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Excitement also means activity that makes people feel like this, like the excitement of a fair.[↗](../../excitement/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The children were full of excitement before the school trip.[↗](../../excitement/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I couldn't sleep from excitement the night before my birthday.[↗](../../excitement/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy wagged its tail with excitement.[↗](../../excitement/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In all the excitement, I forgot my bag.[↗](../../excitement/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a lot of excitement when it started to snow.[↗](../../excitement/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She squealed with excitement when she opened the present.[↗](../../excitement/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The excitement of the match made everyone cheer.[↗](../../excitement/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Excitement and nerves can feel almost the same.[↗](../../excitement/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Full of excitement, Barbaik started on her journey.[↗](../../excitement/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · == Chapter 5 == \[5:1\] Twelve Simple Letters, Heh-Waw Zayin-Chet Tet-Yod Lamed-Nun ʽAyin-Samekh Tzadi-Qof—Their foundation is Seeing, Hearing, Smelling, Talking, Eating, Sex, Work, Movement, Excitement, Play, Contemplation, Sleep.[↗](../../excitement/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../excitement/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-seventh Path is the Exciting Intelligence, and it is so called bemuse by it is created the Intellect of all created beings under the highest heaven, and the excitement or motion of them.[↗](../../excitement/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../excitement/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **exciting** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Exciting means making you feel very happy and eager, wanting to know what happens next.[↗](../../exciting/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something exciting is new, fun or full of action.[↗](../../exciting/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Going to the beach tomorrow is so exciting\![↗](../../exciting/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The football match was really exciting.[↗](../../exciting/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We have some exciting news: a new puppy\![↗](../../exciting/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book has an exciting ending.[↗](../../exciting/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was exciting to see a real rocket launch.[↗](../../exciting/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What an exciting day at the science museum\![↗](../../exciting/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The last minute of the race was the most exciting.[↗](../../exciting/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Write an exciting opening for your story.[↗](../../exciting/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Now comes the exciting part, little Anna.[↗](../../exciting/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-seventh Path is the Exciting Intelligence, and it is so called bemuse by it is created the Intellect of all created beings under the highest heaven, and the excitement or motion of them.[↗](../../exciting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../exciting/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The Twenty-seventh Path is the Exciting Intelli- gence, and it is so called because through it is consum- mated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection.[↗](../../exciting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../exciting/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **exclaim** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To say or shout something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprise, joy, anger or pain.[↗](../../exclaim/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "I won!"[↗](../../exclaim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Sam exclaimed.[↗](../../exclaim/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ouch!" he exclaimed as he stubbed his toe.[↗](../../exclaim/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "What a beautiful view!"[↗](../../exclaim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Gran exclaimed.[↗](../../exclaim/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children exclaimed in delight when it snowed.[↗](../../exclaim/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "That's not fair!" she exclaimed.[↗](../../exclaim/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He exclaimed that he had found the treasure.[↗](../../exclaim/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "It's huge!" exclaimed Leo.[↗](../../exclaim/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "He doesn't smell right!" he exclaimed.[↗](../../exclaim/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · As the prophet Isaiah exclaimed: "Behold\![↗](../../exclaim/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../exclaim/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **exclamation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An exclamation is a short, sudden word or phrase said loudly to show surprise, anger, pain, joy or another strong feeling, like «Wow!» or «Ouch!».[↗](../../exclamation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An exclamation mark (UK) or exclamation point (US) is the punctuation mark «!».[↗](../../exclamation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Ouch!» is an exclamation of pain.[↗](../../exclamation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put an exclamation mark at the end of «What a lovely day!»[↗](../../exclamation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave an exclamation of delight when she opened the present.[↗](../../exclamation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use too many exclamation marks in your story.[↗](../../exclamation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «How tall you have grown!» is an exclamation sentence.[↗](../../exclamation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · There were exclamations of surprise when the magician vanished.[↗](../../exclamation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In America it's called an exclamation point.[↗](../../exclamation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · With an exclamation of sudden understanding the father smote his two hands together.[↗](../../exclamation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **exclude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To keep someone or something out; not to let them join or take part.[↗](../../exclude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To leave something out on purpose; not to count it or include it.[↗](../../exclude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK school) To send a pupil away from school as a punishment, for a time or for ever.[↗](../../exclude/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To decide that something is not possible (exclude a possibility).[↗](../../exclude/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't exclude anyone from the game.[↗](../../exclude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price is 20 pounds, excluding delivery.[↗](../../exclude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the numbers from 1 to 10, excluding 3 and 7.[↗](../../exclude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He was excluded from school for a week.[↗](../../exclude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt excluded when they didn't invite her.[↗](../../exclude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police have excluded the possibility of a fire.[↗](../../exclude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dumb creature might demand a future life also, and declare the law unjust that excludes it from the advantages of the higher creation."[↗](../../exclude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **exclusion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Keeping someone or something out, or leaving them out: the exclusion of girls from the team.[↗](../../exclusion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK schools) Being sent away from school as a punishment (suspension or expulsion).[↗](../../exclusion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Something not covered or included, for example in an insurance policy.[↗](../../exclusion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pupil got a two-day exclusion for fighting.[↗](../../exclusion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaving one child out of every game is exclusion, and it hurts.[↗](../../exclusion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody may enter the exclusion zone around the volcano.[↗](../../exclusion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She practised piano to the exclusion of everything else.[↗](../../exclusion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The insurance has some exclusions, like floods.[↗](../../exclusion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class worked against the exclusion of new children.[↗](../../exclusion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · How the goddess of discord resented her exclusion from the marriage festivities has already been shown.[↗](../../exclusion/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **exclusive** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Exclusive means only for one person or group, not shared with others.[↗](../../exclusive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* An exclusive shop, club or hotel is expensive and lets in only certain people.[↗](../../exclusive/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) An exclusive is a news story that only one newspaper or channel has.[↗](../../exclusive/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Exclusive of means not including: the price is exclusive of tax.[↗](../../exclusive/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (maths) Mutually exclusive events cannot both happen at the same time.[↗](../../exclusive/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This toy is exclusive to our shop.[↗](../../exclusive/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The price of 50 pounds is exclusive of delivery.[↗](../../exclusive/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Rolling a 2 and rolling a 5 with one dice are mutually exclusive.[↗](../../exclusive/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They stayed at an exclusive hotel by the beach.[↗](../../exclusive/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The newspaper got an exclusive interview with the singer.[↗](../../exclusive/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The club is exclusive — you need an invitation.[↗](../../exclusive/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The game has an exclusive level for members.[↗](../../exclusive/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Mysteries were celebrated by the Athenians every five years, and were, for a long time, their exclusive privilege.[↗](../../exclusive/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) … [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/33/) **34** [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/35/) … [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/42/) - ← previous: [page 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/page/33/) - next 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