What does include mean?

Definitions for include
ɪnˈkludin·clude

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word include.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. includeverb

    have as a part, be made up out of

    "The list includes the names of many famous writers"

  2. includeverb

    consider as part of something

    "I include you in the list of culprits"

  3. includeverb

    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"

  4. admit, let in, includeverb

    allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of

    "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"

Wiktionary

  1. includenoun

    A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

  2. includeverb

    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.

  3. includeverb

    To contain, as parts of a whole.

    The vacation package includes car rental.

  4. includeverb

    To enclose, confine.

  5. Etymology: (1420) From includere, from in- + claudere.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Includeverb

    Etymology: includo, Latin.

    This desire being recommended to her majesty, it liked her to include the same within one intire lease. Francis Bacon.

    The marvellous fable includes whatever is supernatural, and especially the machines of the gods. Alexander Pope.

    Instead of enquiring whether he be a man of virtue, the question is only whether he be a whig or a tory; under which terms all good and ill qualities are included. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. include

    To include means to incorporate or contain something as part of a larger whole or group. It involves encompassing, adding, or incorporating elements, people, or objects within the scope or boundaries of something else. The act of including implies that the item or entity being included is considered an integral part or component of the whole.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Includeverb

    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

  2. Includeverb

    to comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five

  3. Includeverb

    to conclude; to end; to terminate

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Include

    in-klōōd′, v.t. to close or shut in: to embrace within limits: to contain: to comprise: (Shak.) to conclude.—adj. Includ′ible.—n. Inclū′sion, act of including: that which is included: restriction, limitation.—adj. Inclu′sive, shutting in: enclosing: (with of) comprehending the stated limit or extremes.—adv. Inclu′sively. [L. includĕre, inclusumin, in, claudĕre, to shut.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. include

    [Usenet] 1. To duplicate a portion (or whole) of another's message (typically with attribution to the source) in a reply or followup, for clarifying the context of one's response. See the discussion of inclusion styles under Hacker Writing Style. 2. [from C] #include <disclaimer.h> has appeared in sig blocks to refer to a notional standard disclaimer file.

Editors Contribution

  1. include

    Be invited to or involved with.

    They ensure they include all people within the business in the creation of the business plan.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 10, 2020  


  2. include

    To bring into a group, team or structure.

    The unity government did include representation from every elected political party a proportionate number of elected independent politicians.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 26, 2020  


  3. include

    To ensure all elected political party politicians and elected independent politicians have representation in the formation of a unity government.

    All elected political party politicians and elected independent politicians have a right to representation in the formation of a unity government.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 29, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'include' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #607

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'include' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1844

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'include' in Verbs Frequency: #57

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of include in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of include in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of include in a Sentence

  1. Mark Dannels:

    As our nation faces many public safety challenges to include our vulnerabilities from the southern border, collective voices from local, state and federal law enforcement leadership continue to be vital in developing reasonable and balanced policies and solutions, as a former member of the DHS Advisory Council, my colleagues and I worked on many positive policy recommendations to support all Americans in regards to their quality of life and safeguard them from those that disregard our rule of law.

  2. Beck Dorey-Stein:

    President President Donald Trump, we quickly learned, does not like microphones near President Donald Trump face, which is difficult because as a stenographer we often had to do that, and so, President Donald Trump White House and President Donald Trump press office often didn't include us in meetings with the press.

  3. Patriots CEO Robert Kraft:

    To say we are disappointed in( the report's) findings, which do not include any incontrovertible or hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs at the AFC championship game, would be a gross understatement.

  4. Yonkers Police:

    It is always a tragedy when someone is injured by the reckless and criminal acts of another person, and that is only amplified when those injured include an infant, the actions taken [ by the two police officers ] are nothing short of heroic. The individual arrested in this incident will now have to face the consequences of his alleged behavior.

  5. Jeff Cooke:

    And again, there was even a revised offer that did not include Breonna Taylor.

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