inclusive

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ɪˈnkluːsɪv/ 🇺🇸 /ˌɪˈnkluːsɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Including all the services or items normally expected or required; covering everything.; Including the limits specified; not excluding the endpoints.; Not excluding any section of society or any party involved; welcoming and open to all people regardless of background, identity, or ability.; Comprehensive; covering a wide range of items, topics, or categories.; In logic, referring to a disjunction that is true when at least one of the propositions is true (as opposed to exclusive).

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more inclusive Superlative: most inclusive

Collocations

all-inclusiveinclusive ofinclusive approachinclusive environmentinclusive educationinclusive language

Derivatives

inclusivelyinclusivenessinclusionincludeincludingexclusively

Synonyms

comprehensiveall-encompassingbroadwide-rangingembracingencompassing

Antonyms

exclusiverestrictivelimitednarrow

Commonly confused

including
EN: 'Including' is a preposition used to introduce specific examples; 'inclusive' is an adjective describing something that contains or covers everything.
exclusive
EN: 'Exclusive' means limited to a select group or excluding others, the direct opposite of 'inclusive'.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember that 'inclusive' ends in '-sive' (not '-sive' vs '-sive' confusion with 'extensive'); the related noun is 'inclusion' (not 'inclusation').

💬 Examples

  1. The price is inclusive of tax and service charges.

  2. The survey was conducted among people aged 18 to 65 inclusive.

  3. The school prides itself on being an inclusive environment for students of all abilities.

  4. The report provides an inclusive overview of the economic situation.

  5. In the inclusive 'or', the statement 'A or B' is true if both A and B are true.