inclusive

Everyday

1. Inclusive means including the first and last item named: "pages 5 to 10 inclusive" means 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. tree →
2. Inclusive means welcoming everyone and leaving nobody out. tree →
3. Inclusive of means including in the price or total: "inclusive of tax". tree →

In the lessons

In maths it matters for counting: "from 3 to 7 inclusive" means 5 numbers, both ends counted. In timetables and dates of holidays, prices and tickets. In school life, inclusive games let everyone play. Phrases: inclusive of, all-inclusive, an inclusive school.

Examples

• Read pages 10 to 15 inclusive. tree →
• Our club is inclusive: everyone can join. tree →
• The price is inclusive of drinks. tree →
• Count the numbers from 4 to 9 inclusive: there are 6. tree →
• The holiday was all-inclusive, so meals were free. tree →
• Children aged 5 to 11 inclusive can enter. tree →
• Let's play an inclusive game so nobody is left out. tree →
• Open Monday to Friday inclusive. tree →

Note

Maths trap: from a to b inclusive has b - a + 1 numbers, not b - a. Opposite: exclusive (leaving out the ends, or leaving people out). Starts with a vowel: "an inclusive club".

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Sefer Yetzirah's teaching of the ten sefirot, and the numerical system behind them, shows how all things are counted within the number ten. In the primary lessons: In maths it matters for counting: "from 3 to 7 inclusive" means 5 numbers, both ends counted. In timetables and dates of holidays, prices and tickets. In school life, inclusive games let everyone play. Phrases: inclusive of, all-inclusive, an inclusive school.

Examples

• Earth, (Inclusive of Land and Sea) (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →

Note

Maths trap: from a to b inclusive has b - a + 1 numbers, not b - a. Opposite: exclusive (leaving out the ends, or leaving people out). Starts with a vowel: "an inclusive club".