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inclusive

[ in-kloo-siv ]

adjective

  1. including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used after the noun):

    from May to August inclusive.

  2. including a great deal, or encompassing everything concerned; comprehensive:

    an inclusive art form;

    an inclusive fee.

    Synonyms: all-embracing, general, overall

  3. enclosing; embracing:

    an inclusive fence.

  4. aiming to include and integrate all people and groups in activities, organizations, political processes, etc., especially those who are disadvantaged, have suffered discrimination, or are living with disabilities:

    inclusive hiring practices;

    inclusive playgrounds.

  5. relating to or being language or terminology that does not exclude a particular group of people and that avoids bias, stereotypes, etc.:

    the use of singular “they” as an inclusive, gender-neutral pronoun.

  6. relating to or being educational practices in which students with physical or mental disabilities are taught in regular classrooms and provided with certain accommodations.
  7. Grammar. (of the first person plural) including the person or persons spoken to, as we in Shall we dance? Compare exclusive ( def 12 ).


inclusive

/ ɪnˈkluːsɪv /

adjective

  1. postpositivefoll byof considered together (with)

    capital inclusive of profit

  2. postpositive including the limits specified

    Monday to Friday inclusive is five days

  3. comprehensive
  4. not excluding any particular groups of people

    an inclusive society

  5. logic (of a disjunction) true if at least one of its component propositions is true Compare exclusive


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Derived Forms

  • inˈclusively, adverb
  • inˈclusiveness, noun

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Other Words From

  • in·clu·sive·ly adverb
  • in·clu·sive·ness noun
  • in·clu·siv·i·ty [in-kloo-, siv, -i-tee], noun
  • non·in·clu·sive adjective
  • non·in·clu·sive·ly adverb
  • qua·si-in·clu·sive adjective
  • qua·si-in·clu·sive·ly adverb
  • su·per·in·clu·sive adjective
  • su·per·in·clu·sive·ly adverb
  • un·in·clu·sive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of inclusive1

First recorded in 1400–50; from late Middle English, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, equivalent to Latin inclūs(us) + -īvus -ive ( def ) ; incluse

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. inclusive of, including; also taking into account:

    Europe, inclusive of the British Isles, is negotiating new trade agreements.

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Example Sentences

Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.

He is a lawyer for AIDS-Free World, which pushes for more active and gay-inclusive policies to combat HIV.

Its 8-megapixel camera, inclusive of true-tone and dual-LED f/2.2 aperture flashes, features optical image stabilization.

But IBC is also a fair bit more inclusive in its definition of war casualties.

The Institute for Inclusive Security commissioned her to write this article.

Keel outside garboard strake, inclusive of thickness of keelband, (p. 151) if any, shall not exceed in depth 1½ in.

In every other department of life they are apparently regarded as inferior or inclusive beings.

In the conference and prayer-room, the native teachers use the inclusive pronominal form of Father, altogether.

The following is the value in dollars of the imports and exports of the island from 1870 to 1874, inclusive.

His sphere of operations he plainly conceives to be from Malta, eastward, to Syria inclusive.

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