Include

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːd
• UK IPA: /ɪnˈkluːd/

Alternative forms

• enclude obsolete

Origin

(1420) From Latin includere ("to shut in, enclose, insert"), from in- ("in") + claudere ("to shut").

Full definition of include

Verb

1. 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.
2. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.The vacation package includes car rental.Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.up to and including page twenty-five
• MiltonThe whole included race, his purposed prey.
• ShakespeareThe loss of such a lord includes all harm.
3. (obsolete) To enclose, confine. from early 15th c.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 107:I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
4. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
• ShakespeareCome, let us go; we will include all jars
  With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.

Antonyms

• exclude

Related terms

• inclusion (noun)
• inclusive (adjective)
• includable
• includible
• include me out
• reinclude

Noun

1. (computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
• 2006, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a DayIn 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.

Anagrams

• nuclide