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inclusive

/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

inclusive adjective: including (almost) everything within its scope.

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Adjective

inclusive (comparative more inclusive, superlative most inclusive)

  1. Including (almost) everything within its scope.
    • an inclusive list of data formats
    Synonyms:
    exhaustive
  2. Including the extremes as well as the area between.
    • numbers 1 to 10 inclusive
    Antonyms:
    exclusive
  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".
    Antonyms:
    exclusive
  4. Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.
    • trans-inclusive feminism
    Synonyms:
    inclusionary
    Antonyms:
    exclusionary

inclusive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inclusive in Hindi

inclusive
सहित sahit

inclusive in Tamil

உள்ளடங்கிய, உட்பட, உள்ளடங்கலாக சேர்த்து அடங்கலும், உளப்பாட்டு வடுவம்

inclusive in Urdu

لغایت, مشتمل, شامل

inclusive in Bengali

সমেত, অন্তর্ভুক্তিকর, ব্যাপক, সর্বব্যাপী, পরিবেষ্টক
More languagesFewer languages
inclusive in Malayalam
അടങ്ങിയ, ഉൾപ്പെടുന്ന, അറ്റങ്ങൾ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്ന
inclusive in Kannada
ಒಳಗೊಂಡ, ಸೇರಿದ, ಸಹಿತ, ಸಮೇತ
inclusive in Malay
inklusif, terangkum
inclusive in Persian
شامل šâmel

Examples of inclusive in a sentence

  • The position advertised a $40 per hour rate, inclusive of the casual loading.
  • These teams operate inclusive research environments that value diverse perspectives and experiences.
  • Lxds is gender neutral, and inclusive of people outside the gender binary.

All 36 example sentences with inclusive

Synonyms of inclusive

Antonyms

Forms of inclusive

comparativemore inclusive
superlativemost inclusive

Origin of inclusive

Derived from Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus + -īvus.

Words formed from inclusive

Phrases with inclusive

Questions about inclusive

What does inclusive mean?
Inclusive means including (almost) everything within its scope.
What is inclusive in Hindi?
Inclusive in Hindi is सहित (sahit). See Inclusive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inclusive?
Inclusive is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inclusive?
Inclusive is pronounced /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/.

Words near inclusive in the dictionary

  1. inclusionary zoning
  2. inclusionism
  3. inclusionist
  4. inclusionists
  5. inclusions
  6. inclusive
  7. inclusive disjunction
  8. inclusive disjunctions
  9. inclusive fitness
  10. inclusive or
  11. inclusive ors

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inclusive (page history and authors); सहित (Hindi) (page history and authors); inclusive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclusive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclusive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclusive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inclusive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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