"inclusive" meaning in English

See inclusive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-inclusive.wav [US] Forms: more inclusive [comparative], most inclusive [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kleh₂w-}}, {{der|en|frm|inclusif}} Middle French inclusif, {{der|en|ML.|inclūsīvus}} Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, {{der|en|la|inclūsus}} Latin inclūsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} inclusive (comparative more inclusive, superlative most inclusive)
  1. Including (almost) everything within its scope. Synonyms: exhaustive Translations (including (almost) everything within its scope): inclusiu (Catalan), inclusief (Dutch), kattava (Finnish), inclusif (French), inclusivo (Galician), vollständig (German), vollumfänglich (German), allumfassend (German), inclusivo (Italian), вклучителен (vklučitelen) (Macedonian), menyeluruh (Malay), syumul (Malay), kauawhi (Maori), شامل (šâmel) (Persian), inclusivo (Spanish), fullständig (Swedish), allomfattande (Swedish), omfattande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-inclusive-en-adj-IdWUYDSH Disambiguation of 'including (almost) everything within its scope': 94 1 3 1
  2. Including the extremes as well as the area between. Translations (including the extremes as well as the area between): mukaan lukien (Finnish), incluso [masculine] (Italian), włącznie (Polish), inclusive (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inclusive-en-adj-32hh15Px Disambiguation of 'including the extremes as well as the area between': 1 98 1 0
  3. (linguistics) Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed. Categories (topical): Linguistics, Leftism, Social justice, Society Translations (of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed): inclusif (French)
    Sense id: en-inclusive-en-adj-bJ9jig2~ Disambiguation of Leftism: 11 3 72 15 Disambiguation of Social justice: 8 2 76 14 Disambiguation of Society: 15 3 63 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 6 57 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 10 55 15 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed': 2 1 95 2
  4. Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group. Synonyms: inclusionary
    Sense id: en-inclusive-en-adj-ecr2pJM7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all-inclusive, gender-inclusive, inclusive disjunction, inclusive fitness, inclusive or, self-inclusive Related terms: Wikipedia describes inclusive counting in Counting

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      "word": "inclusivo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "including (almost) everything within its scope",
      "word": "fullständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "including (almost) everything within its scope",
      "word": "allomfattande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "including (almost) everything within its scope",
      "word": "omfattande"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "including the extremes as well as the area between",
      "word": "mukaan lukien"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "including the extremes as well as the area between",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incluso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "including the extremes as well as the area between",
      "word": "włącznie"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "including the extremes as well as the area between",
      "word": "inclusive"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed",
      "word": "inclusif"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "inclusive"
  ],
  "word": "inclusive"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: 'inclusive or', originally 'inclusive or'",
  "path": [
    "inclusive"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "inclusive",
  "trace": ""
}

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