- (postpositive) followed by of: considered together (with): capital inclusive of profit
- (postpositive) including the limits specified: Monday to Friday inclusive is five days
- comprehensive
- (of a disjunction) true if at least one of its component propositions is true
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
in•clu•sive /ɪnˈklusɪv/USA pronunciation
adj.
in•clu•sive•ly, adv.
in•clu•sive•ness, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- including the limit or extremes of (usually two numbers):[after a noun]from 6 to 37 inclusive (= including 6 and 37).
- including everything:an inclusive fee.
- Idioms inclusive of, [after a noun] including:the plan involving Europe inclusive of Britain.
in•clu•sive•ly, adv.
in•clu•sive•ness, n. [uncountable]
in•clu•sive
(in klo̅o̅′siv),USA pronunciation adj.
in•clu′sive•ly, adv.
in•clu′sive•ness, n.
- including the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account:from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- including a great deal, or including everything concerned;
comprehensive:an inclusive art form; an inclusive fee. - that includes;
enclosing;
embracing. - Grammar(of the first person plural) including the person or persons spoken to, as we in Shall we dance? Cf. exclusive (def. 12).
- Idioms inclusive of, including;
also taking into account:Europe, inclusive of the British Isles, is negotiating new trade agreements.
- Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, equivalent. to Latin inclūs(us) (see incluse) + -īvus -ive
- late Middle English 1400–50
in•clu′sive•ness, n.
- 2. overall, general, all-encompassing. 3. including, comprising.
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inclusive /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/ adj
'inclusive' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
breeze
- catholic
- Christian name
- exclusive
- gross weight
- incl.
- inclusive language
- interval
- overhead
- package
- sect
- subsume
- teenage
- teenager
- teens
- all-around
- all-embracing
- all-in
- all-inclusive
- bed-and-breakfast
- bundle
- comprehensive
- date
- disjunction
- earth
- encyclopedic
- form
- grand
- Inc.
- inclusive disjunction
- inclusive fitness
- lumper
- panoptic
- prepackage
- profound
- quasi-inclusive
- wholesale
- wraparound
- self-inclusive
- shotgun
- soup-to-nuts