Word Study
include
CIDE DICTIONARY
include, v. t. [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Enclose.].
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]"The whole included race, his purposed prey." [1913 Webster]"The loss of such a lord includes all harm." [1913 Webster]
- To conclude; to end; to terminate. [1913 Webster]"Come, let us go; we will include all jars
With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity."
Syn. -- To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
include, v.tr.
1 comprise or reckon in as part of a whole.
2 (as including prep.) if we include (six members, including the chairman).
3 treat or regard as so comprised.
4 (as included adj.) shut in; enclosed.
1 comprise or reckon in as part of a whole.
2 (as including prep.) if we include (six members, including the chairman).
3 treat or regard as so comprised.
4 (as included adj.) shut in; enclosed.
Idiom
include out colloq. or joc. specifically exclude.
Derivative
includable adj. includible adj. inclusion n.
Etymology
ME f. L includere inclus- (as IN-(2), claudere shut)
THESAURUS
include
accouple, accumulate, add, admit, agglutinate, allow for, amalgamate, amass, articulate, assemble, assimilate, associate, band, beleaguer, beset, besiege, blend, blockade, bond, bound, box in, bracket, bridge, bridge over, cage, catalogue, categorize, cement, chain, chamber, clap together, classify, close in, coalesce, collect, combine, come together, compass, complete, compound, comprehend, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, consolidate, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, copulate, cordon, cordon off, corral, count, count in, couple, cover, embed, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, enshrine, envisage, fence in, file, fill, fill in, fill out, flux, fuse, gather, glue, group, hedge in, hem in, hold, house in, impound, imprison, incarcerate, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, internalize, involve, jail, join, keep within, kennel, knot, lay together, league, leaguer, link, list, lump together, make one, marry, marshal, mass, meld, melt into one, merge, mew, mew up, mix, mobilize, number, number among, occupy, pair, pen, pen in, piece together, pocket, put in, put together, quarantine, rail in, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, reembody, register, roll into one, shade into, shrine, shut in, shut up, solder, solidify, span, splice, stable, stick together, subsume, surround, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tabulate, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, tape, tie, unify, unite, wall in, weld, wrap, yard, yard up, yokeROGET THESAURUS
include
Composition
VB be composed of, be made of, be formed of, be made up of, consist of, be resolved into, include, contain, hold, comprehend, take in, admit, embrace, embody, involve, implicate, drag into, compose, constitute, form, make, make up, fill up, build up, enter into the composition of.Inclusion
VB be included in, come under, fall under, range under, belong to, pertain to, range with, merge in, include, comprise, comprehend, contain, admit, embrace, receive, inclose, embody, encircle, reckon among, enumerate among, number among, refer to, place with, arrange with, place under, take into account.For further exploring for "include" in Webster Dictionary Online