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in·clu·sive

(ĭn-klo͞o′sĭv)

adj.

1. Taking a great deal or everything within its scope; comprehensive: an inclusive survey of world economic affairs.

2. Including the specified extremes or limits as well as the area between them: the numbers one to ten, inclusive.

3. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a first person plural pronoun that includes the addressee, such as we in the sentence If you're hungry, we could order some pizza.

in·clu′sive·ly adv.

in·clu′sive·ness n.

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inclusive

(ɪnˈkluːsɪv)

adj

1. (foll by: of) considered together (with): capital inclusive of profit.

2. (postpositive) including the limits specified: Monday to Friday inclusive is five days.

3. comprehensive

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) not excluding any particular groups of people: an inclusive society.

5. (Logic) logic (of a disjunction) true if at least one of its component propositions is true. Compare exclusive¹⁰

inˈclusively adv

inˈclusiveness n

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in•clu•sive

(ɪnˈklu sɪv)

adj.

1. including the limit or extremes in consideration or account.

2. including everything; comprehensive: an inclusive fee.

3. (of a first person plural pronoun) including the person addressed, as we in Shall we dance? Compare exclusive (def. 9).

Idioms:

inclusive of, including: Europe inclusive of Britain.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Medieval Latin inclūsīvus]

in•clu′sive•ly, adv.

in•clu′sive•ness, n.

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Adj.

inclusive - 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"

exclusive - excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority; "exclusive clubs"; "an exclusive restaurants and shops"

inclusive

adjective

1. comprehensive, full, overall, general, global, sweeping, all-in, blanket, umbrella, across-the-board, all-together, catch-all (chiefly U.S.), all-embracing, overarching, in toto (Latin) an inclusive price of £32.90
comprehensive limited, narrow, exclusive, unique, restricted, confined

2. incorporating, including, counting, covering, embracing All prices are inclusive of delivery.

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inclusive

adjective

Covering a wide scope:

all-around, all-inclusive, all-round, broad, broad-spectrum, comprehensive, expansive, extended, extensive, far-ranging, far-reaching, general, global, large, overall, sweeping, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, widespread.

Translations

بـِمَا فِيهِشامِل، مُشْتَمِل عَلى

včetně

inklusiveiberegnet

einschließlich inklusive

περιεκτικός

inclusive

jonkin sisältävä

inclus tout compris

uključiv

bezárólag

meîtalinn

compreso incluso prezzo complessivo

含めて

포괄적인

inclusief

iberegnet innbefattet

obejmujący

inclusivo

включающий

vštet

inberäknad

รวมทุกอย่าง

içerenkapsamlıkapsayan

bao gồm

包含的包括…在内的

inclusive

[ɪnˈkluːsɪv]

A. ADJ [sum, price] → global
an inclusive price of £32.90 → un precio global de 32,90 libras, un precio de 32,90 libras (con) todo incluido
£5,000 fully inclusive → 5.000 libras con todo incluido
inclusive of tax/postage and packing → incluidos los impuestos/los gastos de envío
to be inclusive of sth → incluir algo
all prices are inclusive of VAT → todos los precios incluyen el IVA

B. ADV from the 10th to the 15th inclusive → del 10 al 15, ambos inclusive or ambos incluidos

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inclusive

[ɪnˈkluːsɪv] adj

(with prices, charges)
The inclusive price is 200 euros → Ça coûte deux cents euros tout compris.
inclusive of tax → taxes comprises
£35 fully inclusive → 35 livres tout compris
inclusive of VAT → TVA comprise
inclusive of flights → vols compris
£50 inclusive of all surcharges → 50 livres tous frais compris

(when talking about a range) Monday to Friday inclusive → lundi à vendredi inclus
6 to 15 inclusive (age group) → de 6 à 15 ans inclus

(society, organization) → non exclusif/ive
more inclusive → moins exclusif/ive

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inclusive

adj → inklusive, einschließlich; inclusive price → Inklusiv- or Pauschalpreis m; inclusive sum → Pauschale f, → Pauschalsumme f; inclusive terms → Pauschalpreis m; it’s a fully inclusive price → im Preis ist alles inbegriffen; to be inclusive of all charges → alle Gebühren einschließen, einschließlich aller Gebühren (gen) → sein; the course fee is fully inclusive of all costs → in den Kursgebühren sind alle Kosten enthalten; to the fifth page inclusive → bis einschließlich der fünften Seite, bis Seite fünf einschließlich; from 1st to 6th May inclusive → vom 1. bis einschließlich or inklusive 6. Mai, vom 1. bis 6. Mai inklusive

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inclusive

[ɪnˈkluːsɪv]

1. adj (sum, price) → tutto compreso inv
inclusive of → incluso/a
£500, inclusive of VAT → 500 sterline, IVA compresa

2. adv from the 10th to the 15th inclusive → dal 10 al 15 incluso or compreso

include

(iŋˈkluːd) verb

to take in or consider along with (other people, things etc) as part of a group, set etc. Am I included in the team?; Your duties include making the tea.

inˈclusion (-ʒən) noun

including preposition

The whole family has been ill, including the baby.

inˈclusive (-siv) adjective

counting both the first and last in a series. May 7 to May 9 inclusive is three days.

inclusive

→ بـِمَا فِيهِ včetně inklusive inklusive περιεκτικός inclusive jonkin sisältävä tout compris uključiv compreso 含めて 포괄적인 inclusief iberegnet obejmujący inclusivo включающий inberäknad รวมทุกอย่าง kapsamlı bao gồm 包含的

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Now, inclusive of the occasional wide intervals between the revolving outer circles, and inclusive of the spaces between the various pods in any one of those circles, the entire area at this juncture, embraced by the whole multitude, must have contained at least two or three square miles.

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That thought was doomed to haunt Anne through the waking hours of that winter, Sunday afternoons inclusive, to the almost entire exclusion of moral and theological problems.

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He also acquainted them with the precise amount of the income guaranteed by the Duke of Thigsberry to Violetta Stetta of the Italian Opera, which it appeared was payable quarterly, and not half-yearly, as the public had been given to understand, and which was EXclusive, and not INclusive (as had been monstrously stated,) of jewellery, perfumery, hair-powder for five footmen, and two daily changes of kid-gloves for a page.

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This was horrible, and gave me a sickening idea of London: the more so as the Lord Chief Justice's proprietor wore (from his hat down to his boots and up again to his pocket-handkerchief inclusive) mildewed clothes, which had evidently not belonged to him originally, and which, I took it into my head, he had bought cheap of the executioner.

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Eh, my God, oh yes!" In this reply, down to the word "wager" inclusive, mademoiselle has been ironically polite and tender, then as suddenly dashed into the bitterest and most defiant scorn, with her black eyes in one and the same moment very nearly shut and staringly wide open.

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We had abundance of amusements, and dinner was not the least among them: firstly, for its own sake; secondly, because of its extraordinary length: its duration, inclusive of all the long pauses between the courses, being seldom less than two hours and a half; which was a subject of never- failing entertainment.

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Nor was this excellence attained without some cost and trouble and great expenditure of voice, as the neighbours were frequently reminded when the good lady of the house overlooked and assisted in its being put to rights on cleaning days--which were usually from Monday morning till Saturday night, both days inclusive.

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I think, Watson, that we must spare time to run down together on Saturday morning and make sure that this curious and inclusive investigation has no untoward ending."