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/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ//ɪŋˈkluːdɪŋ/

preposition

Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.

“All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.”

Very commonScrabble 13

Meanings

preposition

alternative abbreviation incl.

  1. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.

    All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.

    1 more example

    All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.

    2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
  2. nonstandardrareIntroducing a finite clause.

    I have always argued that it is one that deserves a thorough-going policy review, which might come to all sorts of conclusions, including it is doing what the Government of the day wants it to.

    2006 March 27, John Whiting (of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC), transcribed in The 2006 Budget: Fourth Report of [United Kingdom House of Commons Treasury Committee] Session 2005-06, Volume II, page 20
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of include

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Translations

Afrikaans insluitend
  • insluitendsuch as, among which
Arabic شَامِل
  • شَامِل (šāmil)such as, among which
Bulgarian включително
  • включително (vključitelno)such as, among which
Chinese Mandarin 包括
  • 包括 (bāokuò)such as, among which
Czech včetně
  • včetněsuch as, among which
Dutch met inbegrip van, inclusief
  • met inbegrip vansuch as, among which
  • inclusiefsuch as, among which
Esperanto inkluzivida
  • inkluzividasuch as, among which
Estonian kaasa arvatud, sealhulgas
  • kaasa arvatudsuch as, among which
  • sealhulgassuch as, among which
Finnish mukaan lukien, sisältäen
  • mukaan lukiensuch as, among which
  • sisältäensuch as, among which
French y compris, dont
  • y comprissuch as, among which
  • dontsuch as, among which
German einschließlich
  • einschließlichsuch as, among which
Greek συμπεριλαμβανομένου
  • συμπεριλαμβανομένου (symperilamvanoménou)such as, among which
Hebrew כולל את, לרבות
  • כולל את (kolél et)such as, among which
  • לרבות (l'rabót)such as, among which
Hungarian beleértve
  • beleértvesuch as, among which
Indonesian termasuk
  • termasuksuch as, among which
Irish san áireamh
  • san áireamhsuch as, among which
Italian incluso
  • inclusosuch as, among which
Japanese 含む
  • 含む (fukumu)such as, among which
Latin cujus
  • cujussuch as, among which
Lithuanian įskaitant
  • įskaitantsuch as, among which
Malay termasuk
  • termasuksuch as, among which
Norwegian Bokmål deriblant, blant annet
  • deriblantsuch as, among which
  • blant annetsuch as, among which
Polish włącznie z, w tym
  • włącznie zsuch as, among which
  • w tymsuch as, among which
Portuguese incluindo
  • incluindosuch as, among which
Romanian inclusiv
  • inclusivsuch as, among which
Russian в том числе́, включа́я
  • в том числе́ (v tom čislé)such as, among which
  • включа́я (vključája)such as, among which
Scottish Gaelic a' gabhail a-steach
  • a' gabhail a-steachsuch as, among which
Slovak to počítajúc
  • to počítajúcsuch as, among which
Spanish incluido, inclusive
  • incluidosuch as, among which
  • inclusivesuch as, among which
  • incluyendosuch as, among which
Swahili -kiwamo
  • -kiwamosuch as, among which
Swedish inklusive, däribland
  • inklusivesuch as, among which
  • däriblandsuch as, among which
  • bland annatsuch as, among which
Turkish dahil
  • dahilsuch as, among which
Vietnamese gồm, bao gồm
  • gồmsuch as, among which
  • bao gồmsuch as, among which
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