online exclusive

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   An article, product or offer made available only on the internet and nowhere else.

   Grammar: Countable: an online exclusive, several online exclusives.

   Patterns

   • an online exclusive from someone

   The interview is an online exclusive and will not appear in the magazine.

   The store listed the sneakers as an online exclusive.

   Subscribers can read the online exclusive before anyone else.

2. 2adjectivebefore a noun

   Available only through a website, not in shops or print.

   Grammar: Appears before a noun: an online-exclusive deal.

   Patterns

   • an online-exclusive deal

   The brand launched an online-exclusive collection.

   Shoppers were excited by the online-exclusive discount.

   They released an online-exclusive episode for fans.

Word forms

Common combinations

online exclusive offer

The online exclusive offer ends on Friday.

online exclusive content

Members get online exclusive content every week.

online exclusive collection

The designer's online exclusive collection sold out in an hour.

an online exclusive interview

The singer gave an online exclusive interview to the site.

available as an online exclusive

The album is available as an online exclusive.

Synonyms and how they differ

web-only

Web-only is plainer and often used in publishing, while online exclusive sounds more like marketing.

digital exclusive

Digital exclusive can include apps and streaming, not only websites.

internet-only

Internet-only is a descriptive phrase and less common in advertising.

Opposites

Word family

exclusive adjective

available to only a limited group

exclusively adverb

only, and no one else

exclusivity noun

the quality of being limited to a select few

online adjective

connected to or on the internet

Commonly confused: online exclusive or exclusive?

Practice

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