English Explanatory Dictionary

inclusive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Including (almost) everything within its scope.
  2. Including the extremes as well as the area between.
  3. Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.
  4. Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-inclusive.wav

Word forms

inclusive more inclusive most inclusive

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.

Synonyms

exhaustive inclusionary

Antonyms

exclusive exclusionary

Related words

Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting

Derived words

all-inclusive gender-inclusive inclusive disjunction inclusive fitness inclusively inclusiveness inclusive or inclusivism inclusivist inclusivity noninclusive overinclusive self-inclusive superinclusive ultrainclusive underinclusive uninclusive
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