Meanings
present singular third person includes · participle present including · participle past included · past included · alternative enclude
- To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
- To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
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The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
The whole included race, his purposed prey.
1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLCThe loss of such a lord includes all harm.
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii] - obsoleteTo conclude; to terminate.
Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv] - computingTo use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
plural includes · alternative enclude
- computingA piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
In the previous lesson, you learned how to use server-side includes, which enable you to easily include snippets of web pages within other web pages.
2006, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day
Synonyms & antonyms
verballow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kleh₂w-“key, hook, nail”
- Latininclūdere“to shut in, enclose, insert”
- Middle Englishincluden
- Englishinclude
From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).
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Arabic تضمن
- تضمن (taḍammana)to contain, as part of a whole
Bulgarian включвам, обхващам
- включвам (vključvam)to bring into as a part or member
- обхващам (obhvaštam)to contain, as part of a whole
Catalan incloure, incloure
- incloureto bring into as a part or member
- incloureto contain, as part of a whole
Chinese Mandarin 包括, 包含
- 包括 (bāokuò)to bring into as a part or member
- 包含 (bāohán)to bring into as a part or member
- 包括 (bāokuò)to contain, as part of a whole
- 包含 (bāohán)to contain, as part of a whole
Esperanto ampleksi, inkluzivi
- ampleksito bring into as a part or member
- inkluzivito contain, as part of a whole
- ampleksito contain, as part of a whole
Finnish sisällyttää, sisältää
- sisällyttääto bring into as a part or member
- sisältääto contain, as part of a whole
- sisältyäto contain, as part of a whole
French inclure, comprendre
- inclureto bring into as a part or member
- comprendreto bring into as a part or member
- inclureto contain, as part of a whole
- comprendreto contain, as part of a whole
German einschließen, mit einbeziehen
- einschließento bring into as a part or member
- mit einbeziehento bring into as a part or member
- einschließento contain, as part of a whole
- mit einbeziehento contain, as part of a whole
Greek συμπεριλαμβάνω, συμπεριλαμβάνω
- συμπεριλαμβάνω (symperilamváno)to bring into as a part or member
- συμπεριλαμβάνω (symperilamváno)to contain, as part of a whole
Hebrew כלל
- כללto bring into as a part or member
Hindi सम्मिलित, समावेश
- सम्मिलित (sammilit)to bring into as a part or member
- समावेश (samāveś)to contain, as part of a whole
Hungarian belevesz, belefoglal
- beleveszto bring into as a part or member
- belefoglalto bring into as a part or member
- tartalmazto contain, as part of a whole
- magában foglalto contain, as part of a whole
- beleértto contain, as part of a whole
Italian includere, comprendere
- includereto contain, as part of a whole
- comprendereto contain, as part of a whole
- comportareto contain, as part of a whole
Japanese 含む
- 含む (fukumu)to contain, as part of a whole
Korean 포함하다
- 포함하다 (pohamhada)to contain, as part of a whole
Latin inclūdō
- inclūdōto bring into as a part or member
Lithuanian apimti
- apimtito contain, as part of a whole
Māori whakauru, tapeke
- whakauruto bring into as a part or member
- tapeketo bring into as a part or member
Norwegian inkludere, innbefatte
- inkludereto bring into as a part or member
- innbefatteto bring into as a part or member
- inkludereto contain, as part of a whole
- innbefatteto contain, as part of a whole
Persian شامل شدن, در بر داشتن
- شامل شدن (šâmel šodan)to contain, as part of a whole
- در بر داشتن (dar bar dâštan)to contain, as part of a whole
Polish dołączyć, dołączać
- dołączyćto bring into as a part or member
- dołączaćto bring into as a part or member
- uwzględniaćto bring into as a part or member
- wkluczaćto bring into as a part or member
- angażowaćto bring into as a part or member
- zaangażowaćto bring into as a part or member
- zawieraćto contain, as part of a whole
- zawrzećto contain, as part of a whole
- obejmowaćto contain, as part of a whole
- objąćto contain, as part of a whole
Portuguese incluir, incluir
- incluirto bring into as a part or member
- incluirto contain, as part of a whole
Russian включа́ть, включи́ть
- включа́ть (vključátʹ)to bring into as a part or member
- включи́ть (vključítʹ)to bring into as a part or member
- присоединя́ть (prisojedinjátʹ)to bring into as a part or member
- присоедини́ть (prisojedinítʹ)to bring into as a part or member
- включа́ть (vključátʹ)to contain, as part of a whole
- включи́ть (vključítʹ)to contain, as part of a whole
- содержа́ть (soderžátʹ)to contain, as part of a whole
Spanish incluir, colacionar
- incluirto bring into as a part or member
- colacionarto bring into as a part or member
- traer a colación y particiónto bring into as a part or member
- incluirto contain, as part of a whole
Swedish ta med, inkludera
- ta medto bring into as a part or member
- inkluderato bring into as a part or member
- inberäknato bring into as a part or member
- inkluderato contain, as part of a whole
- innefattato contain, as part of a whole
Tagalog isama
- isamato bring into as a part or member
Turkish dâhil etmek, içermek
- dâhil etmekto bring into as a part or member
- içermekto contain, as part of a whole
- ihtiva etmekto contain, as part of a whole
Ukrainian включи́ти, включа́ти
- включи́ти (vključýty)to bring into as a part or member
- включа́ти (vključáty)to contain, as part of a whole
Vietnamese bao gồm
- bao gồmto contain, as part of a whole
Welsh cynnwys, cynnwys
- cynnwysto bring into as a part or member
- cynnwysto contain, as part of a whole
Yiddish כּולל זײַן
- כּולל זײַן (koylel zayn)to contain, as part of a whole
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Rhymes with include
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Cite this entry
include. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/include
“include.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/include. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “include,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/include.
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