English Explanatory Dictionary

include

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
  2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
  3. To enclose, confine.
  4. To conclude; to terminate.
  5. To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
noun
  1. A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈkluːd/ en-us-include.ogg

Word forms

include includes including included enclude

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

add admit allow bear circumscribe come with compose comprise consist contain count cover embody embrace encircle enclose encompass entail grant incorporate involve possess

Antonyms

exclude drop lack omit refrain

Related words

inclusion inclusive

Derived words

batteries-included includability includable include me out includer includible misinclude preinclude reinclude un-include uninclude include guard
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