inclusive

inclusive

See also: inklusive

English

Etymology

From Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

inclusive (comparative more inclusive, superlative most inclusive)

1. Including (almost) everything within its scope.

   Synonym: exhaustive

   an inclusive list of data formats

2. Including the extremes as well as the area between.

   Antonym: exclusive

   numbers 1 to 10 inclusive

3. (linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.

   Antonym: exclusive

   The pronoun in "If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee" is an inclusive "we".

4. Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.

   trans-inclusive feminism

   Synonym: inclusionary

   Antonym: exclusionary

Derived terms

• all-inclusive
• self-inclusive

 

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kleh₂w-‎ (0 c, 62 e)

Translations

including (almost) everything within its scope

Catalan: inclusiu (ca) Dutch: inclusief (nl) Finnish: kattava (fi) French: inclusif (fr) Galician: inclusivo German: vollständig (de), vollumfänglich (de), allumfassend (de) Italian: inclusivo (it) Macedonian: вклучителен (vklučitelen) Malay: menyeluruh (ms), syumul (ms) Persian: شامل‎ (fa) (šâmel) Spanish: inclusivo (es) Swedish: fullständig (sv), allomfattande (sv), omfattande (sv)

including the extremes as well as the area between

Dutch: (please verify) ..tot en met .. Finnish: mukaan lukien (fi) Italian: incluso (it) m Polish: włącznie (pl) Spanish: inclusive (es)

of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed

French: inclusif (fr)

See also

• Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kly.ziv/

• Audio

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• Homophone: inclusives

Adjective

inclusive

1. feminine singular of inclusif

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Italian

Adjective

inclusive

1. feminine plural of inclusivo

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Portuguese

Adverb

inclusive

1. also (in addition)

   Synonym: também

2. even (indicating an extreme example of the case mentioned)

   Synonyms: até, até mesmo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkluˈsibe/ [ĩŋ.kluˈsi.β̞e]
• Rhymes: -ibe
• Syllabification: in‧clu‧si‧ve

Adverb

inclusive

1. including, even

Related terms

• incluido
• incluir
• inclusión
• inclusivamente
• incluso

 

Further reading

• “inclusive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014