MEANING
1. Including a wide range of people or elements rather than leaving particular groups or types outside.
2. Containing specified items or charges within a stated total.
3. Counting both the first and last stated dates, numbers, or other endpoints.
Use it for
describing participation open to different groups; evaluating whether a framework covers relevant cases; distinguishing broad inclusion from representation of only a dominant typeSeparates membership and coverage, included charges, and endpoint inclusion, preventing ambiguity in scope statements. Writing functions: Significance / Scope, Qualification / Uncertainty, Research / Methodology.
Words that belong together
- an inclusive approach
- inclusive participation
- an inclusive framework
On the page
An inclusive consultation must offer more than a single meeting time.
The framework is deliberately inclusive, but the authors still state what lies outside its scope.
The published estimate is inclusive of travel but excludes accommodation.
The report compares inclusive prices rather than headline charges with different exclusions.
The archive search covered the years 1992 to 2001 inclusive.
Word forms
- Base
- inclusive
Usage notes
Adjective. Social use permits more inclusive and most inclusive. Date/number use often follows the range; inclusive of introduces what an amount includes. Register: neutral. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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