transitive verb
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: to take in or comprise as a part of a whole or group
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: to contain between or within
two sides and the included angle
Synonyms
Choose the Right Synonym for include
include, comprehend, embrace, involve mean to contain within as part of the whole.
include suggests the containment of something as a constituent, component, or subordinate part of a larger whole.
the price of dinner includes dessert
comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition.
his system comprehends all history
embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole.
her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs
involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence.
the new job involves a lot of detail
Example Sentences
The speakers will include several experts on the subject.
The price of dinner includes dessert.
Admission to the museum is included in the tour package.
The results came in too late for us to include them in the study.
Recent Examples on the Web
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin includere, from in- + claudere to close — more at close entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3
Time Traveler
The first known use of include was
in the 15th century
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- enclude (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkluːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈkluːd/
- Rhymes: -uːd
Verb[edit]
include (third-person singular simple present includes, present participle including, simple past and past participle included)
- To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
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I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
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- To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
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The vacation package includes car rental.
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Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
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I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
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up to and including page twenty-five
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1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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The whole included race, his purposed prey.
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c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
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The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
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- (obsolete) To enclose, confine. [from early 15th c.]
- , New York, 2001, p.107:
- I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
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- (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
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c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
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Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
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- (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
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You have to include the strings library to use this function.
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Antonyms[edit]
- exclude
Derived terms[edit]
- batteries-included
- includable
- include me out
- includible
- reinclude
- uninclude
[edit]
- inclusion (noun)
- inclusive (adjective)
Translations[edit]
to bring into as a part or member
- Assamese: সাঙোৰ (xaṅür)
- Bulgarian: включвам (bg) (vključvam)
- Catalan: incloure (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 包括 (zh) (bāokuò), 包含 (zh) (bāohán)
- Esperanto: ampleksi
- Finnish: sisällyttää (fi)
- French: inclure (fr), comprendre (fr)
- Galician: incluír (gl)
- German: einschließen (de), mit einbeziehen
- Greek: συμπεριλαμβάνω (el) (symperilamváno)
- Latin: inclūdō
- Hungarian: belevesz (hu), belefoglal (hu)
- Khmer: បញ្ចូល (km) (bɑñcoul)
- Macedonian: вклучува impf (vklučuva), вклучи pf (vkluči)
- Malayalam: ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തുക (uḷppeṭuttuka)
- Maori: whakauru, tapeke
- Old English: belūcan
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: enkluud
- Polish: dołączyć (pl) pf, dołączać (pl) impf, uwzględniać (pl) impf, wkluczać impf (obsolete), angażować (pl) impf, zaangażować (pl) pf
- Portuguese: incluir (pt)
- Russian: включа́ть (ru) impf (vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf (vključítʹ), присоединя́ть (ru) impf (prisojedinjátʹ), присоедини́ть (ru) pf (prisojedinítʹ)
- Spanish: incluir (es)
- Swedish: ta med (sv), inkludera (sv), inberäkna
- Tagalog: isama
- Turkish: dâhil etmek (tr)
- Welsh: cynnwys (cy)
to contain, as part of a whole
- Arabic: تضمن (taḍammana)
- Assamese: সাঙোৰ (xaṅür)
- Bulgarian: обхващам (bg) (obhvaštam)
- Catalan: incloure (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 包括 (zh) (bāokuò), 包含 (zh) (bāohán)
- Esperanto: ampleksi
- Finnish: sisältää (fi), sisältyä (fi)
- French: inclure (fr), comprendre (fr)
- Galician: incluír (gl)
- German: einschließen (de), mit einbeziehen
- Greek: συμπεριλαμβάνω (el) (symperilamváno)
- Hungarian: tartalmaz (hu), magában foglal, (to view it as containing sth) beleért (hu)
- Italian: includere (it), comprendere (it), comportare (it)
- Japanese: 含む (ja) (ふくむ, fukumu)
- Khmer: បញ្ចូល (km) (bɑñcoul)
- Korean: 포함하다 (ko) (pohamhada)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: گِرتِنەوە (ckb) (girtinewe)
- Malayalam: ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തുക (uḷppeṭuttuka), ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിക്കുക (uḷkkoḷḷikkuka)
- Old English: belūcan
- Persian: شامل شدن (šâmel šodan), در بر داشتن (dar bar dâštan)
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: enkluud
- Polish: zawierać (pl) impf, zawrzeć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: incluir (pt)
- Russian: включа́ть (ru) impf (vključátʹ), включи́ть (ru) pf (vključítʹ), содержа́ть (ru) impf (soderžátʹ)
- Spanish: incluir (es)
- Swedish: inkludera (sv), innefatta (sv)
- Turkish: içermek (tr), ihtiva etmek (tr)
- Vietnamese: bao gồm (vi)
- Welsh: cynnwys (cy)
- Yiddish: כּולל זײַן (koylel zayn)
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- Arabic: (please verify) ضَمّ (ar) (ḍamm)
- Czech: (please verify) zahrnout (cs)
- Dutch: (please verify) invoegen (nl), (please verify) bijvoegen (nl)
- Esperanto: (please verify) inkluzivi, (please verify) enhavi
- Ido: (please verify) inkluzar (io)
- Italian: (please verify) includere (it), (please verify) inserire (it), (please verify) aggiungere (it)
- Latin: (please verify) teneo (la)
- Maori: (please verify) whakauru
- Persian: (please verify) در برداشتن, (please verify) شامل بودن (fa), (please verify) متضمن بودن, (please verify) قرار دادن (fa), (please verify) شمردن (fa), (please verify) به حساب آوردن, (please verify) شامل شدن, (please verify) دربر گرفتن, (please verify) گنجاندن (fa), (please verify) شامل کردن (šâmel kardan)
- Romanian: (please verify) include (ro)
- Scottish Gaelic: (please verify) gabh a-steach
- Spanish: (please verify) incluir (es)
Noun[edit]
include (plural includes)
- (programming) 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 Day
- In 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.
- 2006, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day
Derived terms[edit]
- include guard
Anagrams[edit]
- clued in, clued-in, nuclide
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /inˈklu.de/
- Rhymes: -ude
- Hyphenation: in‧clù‧de
Verb[edit]
include
- third-person singular present indicative of includere
Anagrams[edit]
- dulcine, nuclide
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈkluː.de/, [ɪŋˈkɫ̪uːd̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈklu.de/, [iŋˈkluːd̪e]
Verb[edit]
inclūde
- second-person singular present active imperative of inclūdō
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin includere. Doublet of the inherited închide.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /inˈklude/
Verb[edit]
a include (third-person singular present include, past participle inclus) 3rd conj.
- to include
- Antonym: exclude
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- includere
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- închis
- inclus
- inclusiv
- incluziune
What do we mean by include?
To contain or take in as a part, element, or member. transitive verb
To consider as part of or allow into a group or class. transitive verb
To confine within something; hold as in an inclosure; inclose; contain.
To comprise as a part, or as something incident or pertinent; comprehend; take in: as, the greater includes the less; this idea includes many particulars; the Roman empire included many nations.
To conclude; terminate.
To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose transitive verb
To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace transitive verb
To conclude; to end; to terminate. transitive verb
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. verb
To contain, as parts of a whole. verb
A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item. noun
Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category verb
Have as a part, be made up out of verb
Consider as part of something verb
Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of verb
A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
When the word FREE is inserted by mistake in commercials and by salemen. The price of a product is elevated to cover the cost of «FREE» add-ons. Urban Dictionary
Indicates a variety of ingredients to be included in a particular dish. Urban Dictionary
One of the funniest gaming web series created in 2010. starring machinima legends guitarmasterx7 and dexterboy124, these two not-so-average gamers (and their roommate Nina) attempt to make every large game release into a joke. Urban Dictionary
Michael Jackson throwing shade towards Jermaine Jackson(his brother) Urban Dictionary
Moderation in all things, including moderation, sometimes it is permissible to go hog wild! Urban Dictionary
Dis-included ˌdɪsɪnˈkloo’did
–Verb, action-verb
Origin:
2009 East Super Regional
Synonyms:
not included, excluded, not liked, punked, Johnny’ed
To not be included by your friends colleagues and family in activities that you expect to be included in.
To have been included then excluded from expectied activities Urban Dictionary
/drəɡs inˈklo͞odiNG ˈalkəˌhôl/
1.) A way to include Alcohol in the same general category as other classes of drugs
2.) To be used in place of Drugs and Alcohol Urban Dictionary
What American bands say when they release/are going to release your dates to hype up Canadians but, in reality, they really only mean that their tour of 60 shows includes Vancouver, Toronto, and/or Calgary Urban Dictionary
Who trying to make a new word Urban Dictionary
The message that pops up when you forget to include the word being defined in the example of how it’s used in a sentence. This used to not be required. Urban Dictionary
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English-Russian SQL Server dictionary > INCLUDE
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include
1) заключа́ть, содержа́ть в себе́
2) включа́ть
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1. III
include smth., smb. include maps включать карты и т. д.; the rent includes water-rate в квартирную плату входит /включается/ и плата за виду; this book includes all his poems в эту книгу вошли /в этой книге собраны/ все его стихотворения; does this invitation include me? я тоже приглашен?; this article includes much useful information в этой статье много полезных сведений; everyone came, including his brother пришли все, в том числе и его брат; all on board the ship were lost, including the captain на корабле погибли все, включая капитана
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be included in smth. be included in the previous order входить в предыдущий заказ и т. д.; he is included in the team он включен в команду; men above seventy are not included in this number в это число не входят /не включаются/ люди старше семидесяти; under this title are generally included such items as… к этому разделу обычно относят такие пункты, как…; synecdoche is now usually included under metonymy синекдоха теперь обычно рассматривается в разделе метонимии; the price is $
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75 postage included указанная цена в два доллара семьдесят пять центов включает почтовые расходы
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include doing smth. your duties include putting children to bed в ваши обязанности входит укладывать детей спать и т. д.
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include smth., smb. in smth. include soup in the menu включать суп в мощи и т. д.; we forgot to include this number in the programme мы забили вставить этот номер в программу; we shall include your name in the list of guests мы внесем вас в список гостей; include the book in the same category отнесите эту книгу к той же категории; include this in my bill припишите это к моему счету; include smb. among smb. include smb. among one’s friends считать кого-л. своим другом, числить кого-л. среди /в составе/ своих друзей; include smb. with smb. include the innocent with the guilty смешать невиновных с виновными
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[ɪnˈklu:d]
include включать include включать в состав include заключать, содержать в себе include заключать в себе include иметь в своем составе include содержать include учитывать при подсчете include in consolidated accounts включать в объединенный отчет include in consolidated accounts включать в сводный отчет
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include
[‘ɪn’kluːd]
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1) включать, вносить
Her duties included answering the phone. — В ее обязанности входило отвечать по телефону.
He is included in the team. — Он включен в команду.
There were ten of us including the guide. — Вместе с проводником нас было десять человек.
— include smb in the team
— include these items into the contract
— include the book in the same category
— include smb, smth on smb’s request
— include much useful information2) включать в себя, включать в свой состав, содержать
All on board the ship were lost, including the captain. — На корабле погибли все, включая капитана. /На корабле погибли все, в том числе и капитан.
Men above seventy are not included in this number. — В это число не входят/не включены люди старше семидесяти.
— rent includes water-rate
— this book includes all his poems
— everyone came including his brother•
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(1.) Глагол to include не употребляется, когда речь идет обо всех частях объекта. В этих случаях употребляются глаголы to comprise, to be composed of, to be made up of smth, to consist of smth: the book is composed of essays книга состоит из очерков; the committee consists of scientists в комитет входят ученые/комитет состоит из ученых. (2.) See consist, v
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1. v содержать, включать, охватывать, иметь в своём составе
2. v включать в состав; учитывать
Синонимический ряд:
1. embody (verb) comprehend; comprise; consist of; contain; cover; do; embody; embrace; encompass; entail; have; involve; subsume; take in
Антонимический ряд:
exclude; omit; preclude; prohibit; reject
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include
[ınʹklu:d]
1. содержать, включать, охватывать, иметь в своём составе
your duties will include cooking — в ваши обязанности будет входить и приготовление пищи, одна из ваших обязанностей — приготовление пищи
2. включать в состав; учитывать ()
to include smb. among one’s friends — включать кого-л. в число своих друзей
he included eggs in the list of things to buy — он включил яйца в список предстоящих покупок
НБАРС > include
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include
[ɪn’kluːd]
1) Общая лексика: включать, включить, вложить, вносить, заключать, иметь в своём составе, охватывать, содержать, содержать в себе, учитывать, вводить в состав
4) Строительство: обеспечивать
Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: учитывать 10) Макаров: включать , учитывать , включать , заключать
12) SAP.тех. Include, include-программа
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include
а) содержать в себе; охватывать
б) вставлять; добавлять
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include
а) содержать в себе; охватывать
б) вставлять; добавлять
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include
[ɪn’kluːd]
гл.
1) заключать, включать в себя, содержать в себе
Included among the guests were a number of famous musicians. — Среди гостей было несколько известных музыкантов.
Syn:
Ant:
2) включать, присоединять
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include
содержа́ть в себе́; включа́ть
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ɪnˈklu:dвключать, содержать, заключать в себе, учитывать
Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > include
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include — INCLÚDE, inclúd, vb. III. tranz. A cuprinde, a conţine, a îngloba. – Din lat. includere. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 A include ≠ a exclude Trimis de siveco, 03.08.2004. Sursa: Antonime INCLÚDE vb. 1. v. conţine. 2 … Dicționar Român
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include — in‧clude [ɪnˈkluːd] verb [transitive] if something includes something else, the second thing is part of the first thing: • The price includes shipping and handling. include something in something • The auditors included the restructuring charge… … Financial and business terms
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include — include, comprehend, embrace, involve, imply, subsume are comparable when meaning basically to contain something within as a part or portion of a whole. Include suggests that the thing included forms a constituent, component, or subordinate part… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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include — include, comprise Like comprise, include has the whole as its subject and its parts as the object. The difference is that comprise generally denotes the whole set of parts whereas include can be selective, so that if a house comprises two living… … Modern English usage
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Include — (incluir en inglés) es una palabra clave que hace referencia a una instrucción al preprocesador que esta presente en la gran mayoría de lenguajes de alto y medio nivel, de forma genérica se usa para adicionar un archivo al código, como por… … Wikipedia Español
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Include — In*clude , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Included}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Including}.] [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in in + claudere to shut. See {Close}, and cf. {Enclose}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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include — (v.) c.1400, from L. includere to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert, from in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + claudere to shut (see CLOSE (Cf. close) (v.)). The alleged Sam Goldwyn ism, Include me out, is attested from 1937. Related: Included;… … Etymology dictionary
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include — [in klo͞od′] vt. included, including [ME includen < L includere < in , in + claudere, to shut, CLOSE1] 1. to shut up or in; enclose 2. to have as part of a whole; contain; comprise [the cost includes taxes] 3. to consider as part of a… … English World dictionary
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include in — ● include … Useful english dictionary
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include — I verb absorb, adscribere, be composed of, be formed of, be made up of, begird, boast, bound, bracket, circumscribe, classify, close in, combine, compass, complecti, comprehend, comprehendere, consist of, consolidate, contain, cover, embody,… … Law dictionary
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include — [v] contain, involve accommodate, add, admit, allow for, append, bear, be composed of, be made up of, build, build in, carry, combine, comprehend, comprise, consist of, constitute, count, cover, cut in on, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose,… … New thesaurus
Other forms: including; included; includes
The verb include means to consider as a part of something. A list of your favorite things may include chocolate and friends.
The verb include also means adding something (or someone) to a category or group. Once you try bungee jumping, you might want to include, or add, that to your list of favorite things. You may be forced to include your little sister in your party if your parents insist.
Definitions of include
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verb
have as a part; be made up out of
“The list
includes the names of many famous writers”see moresee less-
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exclude
lack or fail to include
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comprise, contain, incorporate
include or contain; have as a component
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comprehend, cover, embrace, encompass
include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one’s sphere or territory
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involve
contain as a part
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subsume
contain or include
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bear, carry, contain, hold
contain or hold; have within
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attach to, inhere in
be part of
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repose, reside, rest
be inherent or innate in;
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retain
hold back within
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confine, enclose, hold in
close in; darkness enclosed him»
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exclude
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verb
consider as part of something
“I
include you in the list of culprits”see moresee less-
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except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out
prevent from being included or considered or accepted
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types:
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count
include as if by counting
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colligate, subsume
consider (an instance of something) as part of a general rule or principle
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carry
include, as on a list
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type of:
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consider, reckon, regard, see, view
deem to be
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except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out
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verb
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”see moresee less-
type of:
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add
make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
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add
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verb
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
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synonyms:
admit, let in
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accept, admit, take, take on
admit into a group or community
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Antonyms:
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exclude, keep out, shut, shut out
prevent from entering; shut out
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induct, initiate
accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually with some rite
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readmit
admit again or anew
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involve
engage as a participant
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drag, drag in, embroil, sweep, sweep up, tangle
force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action
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entangle, mire
entrap
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type of:
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allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
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accept, admit, take, take on
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