inclusion
An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
Noun 4 meanings
An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
“The poem was a new inclusion in the textbook.”
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.”
Anything foreign that is included in a material.
Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inclūsiō, inclūsiōnis, from the verb Latin inclūdō (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). By surface analysis, include + -sion. Doublet of enclosure.
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INCLUSION at a glance
INCLUSION has 9 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + C 3 + L 1 + U 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,813 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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