Definition of inclusion
2 : something that is included: such asa : a gaseous, liquid, or solid foreign body enclosed in a mass (as of a mineral)b : a passive usually temporary product of cell activity (such as a starch grain) within the cytoplasm or nucleus
3 : a relation between two classes that exists when all members of the first are also members of the second — compare membership 3
4 : the act or practice of including students with disabilities in regular school classes
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Or, more threateningly, its proponents could insist on its inclusion in must-pass debt-limit or year-end appropriations bills, raising the specter of a debt default or a government shutdown.
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Because of his lengthy and successful national team career with France, Malouda's inclusion on French Guiana's Gold Cup roster came as a surprise.
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But the Eritrean government is hoping to turn the country’s reputation around, and officials lobbied hard for Asmara’s inclusion as a World Heritage site.
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Louisville's recruiting approach for the Class of 2018 appears to be the same despite the late inclusion of five-star wing Brian Bowen in the incoming 2017 class.
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The phylogenetic trunk: maximal inclusion of taxa, with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda).
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Robinson is alleged to have been working against the EPA's efforts, and discouraging residents from getting soils tested and that inclusion on the National Priority List would hurt property values.
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Two of the gardens are Cincinnati Horticulture Society Award winners, and another home has historical significance by its inclusion in the National Park System’s Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Trail.
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Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania senator and former president of the Club for Growth, a lobby for extreme libertarian policy, has urged the inclusion of the long-term Medicaid cuts.
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Origin and Etymology of inclusion
Latin inclusion-, inclusio, from includere
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playDefinition of inclusion for Students
1 : an act of taking in as part of a whole : the state of being taken in as part of a whole She suggested inclusion of an entry.
2 : something taken in as part of a whole
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