include

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English

Alternative forms

• enclude (obsolete)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkluːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkluːd/
• Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

include (third-person singular simple present includes, present participle including, simple past and past participle included)

1. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
3. (obsolete) To enclose, confine. [from early 15th c.]
   • , New York, 2001, p.107:

     I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.

4. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
5. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.

Antonyms

• exclude

Derived terms

Related terms

• inclusion (noun)
• inclusive (adjective)

Translations

Noun

include (plural includes)

1. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

Derived terms

• include guard

Anagrams

• clued in, clued-in, nuclide

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈklu.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: in‧clù‧de

Verb

include

1. third-person singular present indicative of includere

Anagrams

• dulcine, nuclide

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈkluː.de/, [ɪŋˈkɫ̪uːd̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈklu.de/, [iŋˈkluːd̪e]

Verb

inclūde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of inclūdō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin includere. Doublet of the inherited închide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈklude/

Verb

a include (third-person singular present include, past participle inclus) 3rd conj.

1. to include

   Antonym: exclude

Conjugation

Derived terms

• includere

Related terms

• închis
• inclus
• inclusiv
• incluziune