include

UK: /ɪnˈkluːd/ US: /ɪnˈklud/ ,(in klo̅o̅d′)

Inflections of 'include' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

includes

v 3rd person singular

including

v pres p

included

v past

included

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•clude /ɪnˈklud/   v. [~ + object] , -clud•ed, -clud•ing. 

1. to contain or have as part of a whole:
   [not: be + ~-ing] The meal includes dessert and coffee.
2. to place (something) in a category:
   Whom would you include in your list?

in•clu•sion /ɪnˈkluʒən/  n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•clude  (in klo̅o̅d′), v.t., -clud•ed, -clud•ing. 

1. to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element:
   The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
2. to place in an aggregate, class, category, or the like.
3. to contain as a subordinate element;
   involve as a factor.

• Latin inclūdere to shut in, equivalent. to in- in-² + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut (compare close)
• late Middle English 1375–1425

in•clud′a•ble, in•clud′i•ble, adj. 
Synonyms

• 1. embody.
  Include, comprehend, comprise, embrace imply containing parts of a whole. To include is to contain as a part or member, or among the parts and members, of a whole:
  The list includes many new names.
  To comprehend is to have within the limits, scope, or range of references, as either a part or the whole number of items concerned:
  The plan comprehends several projects.
  To comprise is to consist of, as the various parts serving to make up the whole:
  This genus comprises 50 species.
  Embrace emphasizes the extent or assortment of that which is included:
  The report embraces a great variety of subjects.

Antonyms

• 1. exclude, preclude.

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include / ɪnˈkluːd/ verb (transitive)

1. to have as contents or part of the contents; be made up of or contain
2. to add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
3. to contain as a secondary or minor ingredient or element

Etymology: 15th Century (in the sense: to enclose): from Latin inclūdere to enclose, from in-² + claudere to close

inˈcludable, inˈcludible adjective