Definition of Include

1. Verb. Have as a part, be made up out of. "The list includes the names of many famous writers"


2. Verb. Consider as part of something. "I include you in the list of culprits"
Specialized synonyms: Count, Colligate, Subsume, Carry
Generic synonyms: Consider, Reckon, Regard, See, View
Antonyms: Exclude
Derivative terms: Inclusion, Inclusive

3. Verb. Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category. "We must include this chemical element in the group"
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Add
Derivative terms: Inclusion

4. Verb. Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of. "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
Exact synonyms: Admit, Let In
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Accept, Admit, Take, Take On
Specialized synonyms: Induct, Initiate, Readmit, Involve
Derivative terms: Admittance, Inclusion
Antonyms: Exclude

Definition of Include

1. v. t. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.

Definition of Include

1. Verb. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. ¹

2. Verb. To contain, as parts of a whole. ¹

3. Verb. (obsolete) To enclose, confine. (defdate from early 15th c.) ¹

4. Noun. (computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Include

1. to have as a part [v -CLUDED, -CLUDING, -CLUDES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Include

incloisters
inclose
inclosed
incloser
inclosers
incloses
inclosing
inclosure
inclosures
incloud
inclouded
inclouding
inclouds
includability
includable
include (current term)
include me out
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includible
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inclusion blennorrhoea
inclusion bodies
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inclusion body disease
inclusion body encephalitis

Literary usage of Include

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by New Jersey Civil Service Commission (1908)
"Group B. Cashiers, which term shall include all positions the duties of which are the actual receipt, custody or disbursement of money or the enforcement of ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"Communicated by LORD RAYLEIGH, FRS " An Extension of Maxwell's Electro-magnetic Theory of Light to include Dispersion, Metallic Reflection, ..."

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