inclusive

adj — 4 senses

inclusive

adj

/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

Etymology 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

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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
Derived terms
all-inclusive, gender-inclusive, inclusive disjunction, inclusive fitness, inclusively, inclusiveness, inclusive or, inclusivism, inclusivist, inclusivity, noninclusive, overinclusive, self-inclusive, superinclusive, ultrainclusive, underinclusive, uninclusive
Related terms
Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting

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