Inclusive
[ɪn'kluːsɪv] or [ɪn'klusɪv]
Definition
(adj.) including much or everything; and especially including stated limits; 'an inclusive art form'; 'an inclusive fee'; 'his concept of history is modern and inclusive'; 'from Monday to Friday inclusive' .
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Definition
(a.) Inclosing; encircling; surrounding.
(a.) Comprehending the stated limit or extremes; as, from Monday to Saturday inclusive, that is, taking in both Monday and Saturday; -- opposed to exclusive.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Inclosing, encircling.[2]. Including both, both being included.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Comprehensive, embracing, additive, implied
ANT:Exclusive, excepted, renunciative, adversative
Typist: Mabel
Examples
- A more generous interpretation would be to say that he had tried to be inclusive, to attach a hundred sectional agitations to a national program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The low price of corn, from 1741 to 1750, both inclusive, may very well be set in opposition to its high price during these last eight or ten years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That is, the activity of each is placed in the same inclusive situation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Their view of national policy has always been more inclusive, perhaps for the very reason that their membership is so much more exclusive. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They cannot afford an inclusive pessimism about mankind. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Mabel