include

in-clude · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To comprise or contain as part of a whole.

  2. 2.

    To make part of a group or set.

  3. 3.

    To consider as part of a category.

Related words

Antonyms: exclude, omit
See also: comprise, contain, exclude, including
Synonyms: comprise, contain, encompass, incorporate

Etymology

From Latin "inclūdere" (to shut in, enclose), from "in-" (in) + "claudere" (to shut, close). Related to "close" and "clause." The sense shifted from physically enclosing to abstractly containing or comprising.