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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun inclusion has 4 senses
- inclusion(n = noun.state) Array - the state of being included; Array is a kind of situation, state of affairs
- inclusion(n = noun.linkdef) comprehension - the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work" is a kind of involvement
- inclusion(n = noun.object) cellular inclusion, inclusion body - any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases); "an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell" is a kind of body
- inclusion(n = noun.act) Array - the act of including; Array is a kind of increase, step-up
has particulars: embrace, encompassment
Antonym: exclusion
has particulars: plasmid, plasmid dna, cancer body, russell's body
has particulars: incorporation
Derived forms verb include3, verb include2, verb include4
CIDE DICTIONARY
inclusion, n. [L. inclusio: cf. F. inclusion. See Include.].
- The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction; as, the lines of inclusion of his policy. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- Something that is included. [PJC]
- A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral. [1913 Webster]
- A small body suspended within the cytoplasm of a cell. [PJC]
- The relationship existing between two sets if one is a subset of the other. [PJC]
THESAURUS
inclusion
Anschluss, absorption, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, assimilation, association, beleaguerment, besetment, blend, blending, blockade, blockading, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, cincture, circling, circumambience, circumambiency, circumcincture, circumflexion, circumjacence, circumposition, circumscription, classification, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, colleagueship, collegialism, collegiality, combination, combine, combo, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confinement, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, containment, copartnership, copartnery, cordoning, counting, ecumenism, embarrassment, embodiment, embracement, encincture, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment, enfoldment, engagement, enmeshment, enosis, entanglement, envelopment, environment, federalization, federation, fellowship, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, freemasonry, fusion, girding, girdling, grouping, hookup, immurement, implication, imprisonment, incarceration, incorporation, integration, involution, involvement, junction, junta, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger, numbering, package, package deal, partnership, quarantine, relation, siege, sodality, solidification, sorority, surrounding, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, weddingROGET THESAURUS
inclusion
Composition
N composition, constitution, crasis, combination, inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, embodiment, formation, containing, constituting.Inclusion
N inclusion, admission, comprehension, reception, composition, included, including, inclusive, congener, congenerous, of the same class, encircling, a maximis ad minima, et hoc genus omne, etc, et coetera.
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