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DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin

claudere

close or shut

Forms

  • claudere
  • claus- — The form used for completed action.
  • -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
  • -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.

Origin

Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.

Note

Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.

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adjective

inclusive

in-KLOO-siv/ɪnˈkluːsɪv/

Including everyone or everything within the scope being considered.

The inclusive activity welcomes every adult equally around the accessible table.

A broad accessible community table accommodates varied adults including wheelchair user, everyone involved equally in shared activity, no signs.
Etymology
inLatinin, into, on, upon
+clusLatinclose or shut
+iveLatinhaving a quality or tendency

“Shutting in” supplies the image of containing things within a boundary. Inclusive applies this to a range or whole that counts its stated limits and leaves nothing within them out.

In context

TED9:29
If your culture is inclusive, have people choose how they want to apply so they can customize their experience and put their best foot forward.
Work Has Changed. Why Haven’t Resumes? | Nicos Marcou | TED

More examples

  • The inclusive price covers meals, lodging, and transportation.
  • Read pages ten through fifteen, inclusive.
  • The committee seeks an inclusive definition that covers every type of caregiver.

Forms

inclusive

inclusiveness noun — The quality of leaving no one out.

inclusion noun — The act of making something part of a whole.

Similar words

comprehensive
Emphasizes thorough coverage rather than explicitly leaving no one out.
all-inclusive
Explicitly includes every relevant item, often all costs.