Definitions for: Include


[v] 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"
[v] consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits"
[v] allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
[v] have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.]
1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to
inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a
pearl is included in a shell.

2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the
whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to
contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare
includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to
the family; to and including page twenty-five.



The whole included race, his purposed prey. --Milton.

The loss of such a lord includes all harm. --Shak.

3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.]

Come, let us go; we will include all jars With
triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. --Shak.

Syn: To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace;
involve.

Synonyms: admit, let in

Antonyms: except, exclude, exclude, exclude, keep out, leave off, leave out, omit, shut, shut out, take out

See Also: add, allow, attach to, bear, carry, carry, colligate, comprehend, comprise, consider, consist, contain, count, countenance, cover, embrace, encompass, feature, have, hold, incorporate, induct, inhere in, initiate, involve, involve, let, permit, readmit, reckon, regard, see, subsume, subsume, view

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