Definition: a news report that is reported first by one news organization
Usage: he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials
Similar words: account, report, write up, news report, story
Definition: a short account of the news
Usage: the report of his speech; the story was on the 11 o'clock news; the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious
Synonyms: undivided, single, exclusive
Definition: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Usage: judging a contest with a single eye; a single devotion to duty; undivided affection; gained their exclusive attention
Similar words: concentrated
Definition: gathered together or made less diffuse
Usage: their concentrated efforts; his concentrated attention; concentrated study; a narrow thread of concentrated ore
Synonyms: exclusive
Definition: excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority
Usage: exclusive clubs; an exclusive restaurants and shops
Definition: exclusive of anyone or anything else
Usage: she alone believed him; cannot live by bread alone; I'll have this car and this car only
Similar words: inner
Definition: exclusive to a center; especially a center of influence
Usage: inner regions of the organization; inner circles of government
Similar words: inner, inside, privileged
Definition: confined to an exclusive group
Usage: privy to inner knowledge; inside information; privileged information
Similar words: selective
Definition: characterized by very careful or fastidious selection
Usage: the school was very selective in its admissions
Similar words: white-shoe
Definition: denoting a company or law firm owned and run by members of the WASP elite who are generally conservative
Usage: the politician tried to hide his white-shoe background
Definition: not divided or shared with others
Usage: they have exclusive use of the machine; sole rights of publication
Similar words: unshared
Definition: not shared