verb

include

to contain, to comprise, to incorporate

The price includes breakfast.

The price contains breakfast.

Please include your name on the list.

Please add your name to the list.

((sth.)) to contain (sth.) as part of a whole The price includes breakfast.

((sb./sth.)) ((in sth.)) to make (sb./sth.) part of (sth.) Please include your name on the list.

Synonyms: contain, comprise, encompass; Antonyms: exclude, omit

From Latin 'includere', from 'in-' (in) + 'claudere' (to shut, close). Literally 'to shut in'.

To 'include' something is to 'close' it 'in' a group.

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