adj · 5 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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/
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CMU ARPABET:IH2 N K L UW1 S IH0 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Including (almost) everything within its scope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
an inclusive list of data formats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exhaustive
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Including the extremes as well as the area between.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exclusive
3
adj
Meaning 3
Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
The pronoun in "If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee" is an inclusive "we".
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exclusive
4
adj
Meaning 4
Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
trans-inclusive feminism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inclusionary
Antonyms: exclusionary
5
adjective
Meaning 5
including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an inclusive art form
an inclusive fee
his concept of history is modern and inclusive
from Monday to Friday inclusive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: exclusive
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh2w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive Derived from Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus + -īvus.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Catalan:
inclusiu
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Dutch:
inclusief
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Finnish:
kattava
— including (almost) everything within its scope
French:
inclusif
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Galician:
inclusivo
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Georgian:
ინკლუზიური
(inḳluziuri)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Georgian:
მომცველი
(momcveli)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Georgian:
ყოვლისმომცველი
(q̇ovlismomcveli)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
German:
vollständig
— including (almost) everything within its scope
German:
vollumfänglich
— including (almost) everything within its scope
German:
allumfassend
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Italian:
inclusivo
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Kazakh:
инклюзивті
(inklüzivtı)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Macedonian:
вклучителен
(vklučitelen)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Malay:
inklusif
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Malay:
terangkum
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Māori:
kauawhi
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Persian:
شامل
(šâmel)
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Portuguese:
inclusivo
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Spanish:
inclusivo
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Swedish:
fullständig
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Swedish:
allomfattande
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Swedish:
omfattande
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Turkish:
dahil
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Turkish:
dâhil
— including (almost) everything within its scope
Finnish:
mukaan lukien
— including the extremes as well as the area between
Italian:
incluso
— including the extremes as well as the area between
Polish:
włącznie
— including the extremes as well as the area between
Spanish:
inclusive
— including the extremes as well as the area between
Chinese Mandarin:
包含式
(bāohánshì)
— of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
French:
inclusif
— of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed
Portuguese:
inclusivo
— of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed