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inclusion

noun · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪnˈkluːʒən/
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  • rhymes with -uːʒən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K L UW1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Anything foreign that is included in a material.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, histology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Restriction; limitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the act of including

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: increase, step-up

Narrower terms: incorporation

10

noun

Meaning 10

any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inclusion body, cellular inclusion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: body

Narrower terms: plasmid, plasmid DNA, Russell's body, cancer body

11

noun

Meaning 11

the relation of comprising something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comprehension

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: involvement

12

noun

Meaning 12

the state of being included

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: exclusion

Broader terms: situation, state of affairs

Narrower terms: embrace, encompassment

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclusio, inclusionis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh2u- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: включване (vključvane) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Catalan: inclusió — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Dutch: toevoeging — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Finnish: liite — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Finnish: lisäys — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • French: inclusion — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Georgian: ჩართვა (čartva) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Georgian: ჩართულობა (čartuloba) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • German: Einschluss — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • German: Hinzufügung — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Irish: cur san áireamh — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Irish: cur sa chomhaireamh — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Irish: comhaireamh — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Irish: áireamh — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Italian: inclusione — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Italian: aggiunta — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Khmer: ការដាក់បញ្ចូល (kaa dak bɑɲcool) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Korean: 포함 (poham) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Macedonian: додаток (dodatok) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Norwegian: inkludering — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Norwegian: inklusjon — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Persian: گنجایش — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Persian: دربرداری — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Persian: دخول — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Persian: شمول — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Persian: دربرگیری — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Polish: inkluzja — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Portuguese: inclusão — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Russian: включе́ние (vključénije) — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Swahili: jumuisho — addition or annex to a group, set or total
  • Bulgarian: включване (vključvane) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Bulgarian: обхващане (obhvaštane) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Catalan: inclusió — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Danish: inkludering — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Danish: inklusion — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Dutch: toevoeging — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Dutch: inbegrip — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Finnish: sisällyttäminen — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Finnish: mukaan ottaminen — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • French: inclusion — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Galician: inclusión — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Georgian: ჩართვა (čartva) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • German: Einschluss — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Greek: προσθήκη (prosthíki) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Hungarian: belefoglalás — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Italian: inclusione — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Khmer: ការដាក់បញ្ចូល (kaa dak bɑɲcool) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Latin: inclusiō — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Norwegian: inkludering — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Norwegian: inklusjon — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Occitan: inclusion — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Portuguese: inclusão — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Russian: включе́ние (vključénije) — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Spanish: inclusión — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Swahili: jumuisho — act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set or total
  • Bulgarian: включение (vključenie) — defect in precious stone
  • Catalan: inclusió — defect in precious stone
  • Dutch: insluiting — defect in precious stone
  • Finnish: sulkeuma — defect in precious stone
  • German: Einschluss — defect in precious stone
  • Hungarian: zárvány — defect in precious stone
  • Italian: impurità — defect in precious stone
  • Polish: inkluzja — defect in precious stone
  • Polish: wrostek — defect in precious stone
  • Spanish: inclusión — defect in precious stone
  • French: inclusion — aggregate of stainable substances
  • Hungarian: sejtzárvány — aggregate of stainable substances
  • Italian: inclusione — aggregate of stainable substances
  • Portuguese: inclusão — aggregate of stainable substances
  • Spanish: inclusión — aggregate of stainable substances
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