Etimology
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”).
verb
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.
To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
(obsolete) To enclose, confine. [from early 15th c.]
(obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
(programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
Examples
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
up to and including page twenty-five
The whole included race, his purposed prey.
The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
Related words
antonyms
exclude
related terms
inclusion (noun)
inclusive (adjective)
noun
include (plural includes)
(programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
Examples
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.