inclusive

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

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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.

   Synonym: inclusionary

   Antonym: exclusionary

   trans-inclusive feminism

• Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.kly.ziv/

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• Homophone: inclusives

inclusive

1. feminine singular of inclusif

inclusive

1. feminine plural of inclusivo

From Medieval Latin inclusīve, from inclūsīvus.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ivi, (Portugal) -ivɨ
• Hyphenation: in‧clu‧si‧ve

inclusive

1. also (in addition)

   Synonym: também

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

   Synonyms: até, até mesmo

• “inclusive”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “inclusive”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “inclusive”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

inclusive

1. including, even

• “inclusive”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025