Definitions for Inclusionɪnˈklu ʒən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

in•clu•sionɪnˈklu ʒən(n.)

  1. the act of including or the state of being included.

  2. something that is included.

  3. a foreign body or inert structure within a cell.

    Category: Biology

  4. a solid, liquid, or gaseous body enclosed within a mineral or rock.

    Category: Mineralogy

Origin of inclusion:

1590–1600; < L inclūsiō confinement

Princeton's WordNet

  1. inclusion(noun)

    the state of being included

  2. inclusion, comprehension(noun)

    the relation of comprising something

    "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"

  3. inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion(noun)

    any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)

    "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell"

  4. inclusion(noun)

    the act of including

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. inclusion(noun)ɪnˈklu ʒən

    the fact of being included, or sth or sb that is included

    social inclusion; two new inclusions on the list

Wiktionary

  1. inclusion(Noun)

    An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.

    The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.

  2. inclusion(Noun)

    The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.

    The inclusion of the poem added value to the course.

  3. inclusion(Noun)

    Anything foreign that is included in a material,

  4. inclusion(Noun)

    Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.

  5. Origin: * inclusio

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inclusion(noun)

    the act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy

  2. Inclusion(noun)

    a foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral


Translations for Inclusion

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

inclusion(noun)

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.

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