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INCLUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inclusive mean?
• INCLUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective INCLUSIVE has 1 sense:
1. including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
Familiarity information: INCLUSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
Context example:
from Monday to Friday inclusive
Similar:
comprehensive (broad in scope)
Antonym:
exclusive (excluding much or all; especially all but a particular group or minority)
Derivation:
include (consider as part of something)
Context examples
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.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
From the years 1894 to 1901 inclusive, Mr. Sherlock Holmes was a very busy man.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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