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inclusive

adjective

  1. include
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

adj

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.

  1. Including (almost) everything within its scope.

    an inclusive list of data formats

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

    numbers 1 to 10 inclusive

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

    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