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all-inclusive

[ awl-in-kloo-siv ]
/ ˈɔl ɪnˈklu sɪv /
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adjective

including everything; comprehensive.

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RELATED WORDS

extensive, blanket, broad, complete, encompassing, total

Nearby words

all-flying tail, all-important, all-in, all-in wrestling, all-in-one, all-inclusive, all-night, all-nighter, all-or-none, all-or-none law, all-or-nothing

Origin of all-inclusive

First recorded in 1880–85
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British Dictionary definitions for all-inclusive

all-inclusive

adjective

including everything; comprehensive
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for all-inclusive

all-inclusive

adj.

1813, from all + inclusive. Related: All-inclusively; all-inclusiveness.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper