'Include' definitions:
Definition of 'include'
From: WordNet
verb
Have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers" [ant: exclude]
verb
Consider as part of something; "I include you in the list of culprits" [ant: except, exclude, leave off, leave out, omit, take out]
verb
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"
verb
Definition of 'Include'
From: GCIDE
- Include \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The whole included race, his purposed prey. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The loss of such a lord includes all harm. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. --Shak.
- Syn: To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'include'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- add,
- admit,
- agglutinate,
- allow for,
- amalgamate,
- amass,
- articulate,
- assemble,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- band,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- blend,
- blockade,
- bond,
- bound,
- box in,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- cage,
- catalogue,
- categorize,
- cement,
- chain,
- chamber,
- clap together,
- classify,
- close in,
- coalesce,
- collect,
- combine,
- come together,
- compass,
- complete,
- compound,
- comprehend,
- comprise,
- concatenate,
- conglobulate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- copulate,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- count,
- count in,
- couple,
- cover,
- embed,
- embody,
- embrace,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enfold,
- enshrine,
- envisage,
- fence in,
- file,
- fill,
- fill in,
- fill out,
- flux,
- fuse,
- gather,
- glue,
- group,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hold,
- house in,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- incorporate,
- integrate,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- internalize,
- involve,
- jail,
- join,
- keep within,
- kennel,
- knot,
- lay together,
- league,
- leaguer,
- link,
- list,
- lump together,
- make one,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- mew,
- mew up,
- mix,
- mobilize,
- number,
- number among,
- occupy,
- pair,
- pen,
- pen in,
- piece together,
- pocket,
- put in,
- put together,
- quarantine,
- rail in,
- receive,
- reckon among,
- reckon in,
- reckon with,
- reembody,
- register,
- roll into one,
- shade into,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- solder,
- solidify,
- span,
- splice,
- stable,
- stick together,
- subsume,
- surround,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- synthesize,
- tabulate,
- take in,
- take into account,
- take into consideration,
- take up,
- tape,
- tie,
- unify,
- unite,
- wall in,
- weld,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- yoke