inclusive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Including (almost) everything within its scope.

   an inclusive list of data formats

2. 2
   adj

   Including the extremes as well as the area between.

   numbers 1 to 10 inclusive

3. 3
   adj

   Of, or relating to the first-person plural pronoun when including the person being addressed.

   The pronoun in "If you want, we could go back to my place for coffee" is an inclusive "we".

4. 4
   adj

   Including or accepting those belonging to a particular group.

   trans-inclusive feminism

5. 5
   adj

   including much or everything

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der. Proto-Italic *klaudō Latin claudō Latin inclūdō Latin inclūsus Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin inclūsīvusder. Middle French inclusifder. English inclusive Derived from Middle French inclusif, from Medieval Latin inclūsīvus, from Latin inclūsus + -īvus.