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inclusive

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.

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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
Real reading context

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