include
Translation
to include, to contain, to comprise
Examples
The price includes tax.
The price includes tax.
Please include me in the email.
Please include me in the email.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to contain (sth.) as part of a whole. The price includes tax.
((sb./sth.)) ((in sth.)) to make (sb./sth.) part of (sth.). Please include me in the group.
Similar Words
Synonyms: contain, comprise, involve; Antonyms: exclude, omit
Etymology
From Latin 'includere' (in- 'in' + claudere 'to shut'). Meaning 'to shut in'.
Memory Tips
Think of 'in-' as 'inside' and '-clude' like 'close'. You are closing something inside a group.