to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element:
The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
2.
to place in an aggregate, class, category, or the like.
3.
to contain as a subordinate element; involve as a factor.
Origin
1375-1425;late Middle English < Latininclūdere to shut in, equivalent to in-in-2 + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut (cf. close)
Related forms
includable, includible, adjective
preinclude, verb (used with object), preincluded, preincluding.
reinclude, verb (used with object), reincluded, reincluding.
unincludable, adjective
unincludible, adjective
Synonyms
1. embody. Include, comprehend, comprise, embrace imply containing parts of a whole. To include is to contain as a part or member, or among the parts and members, of a whole: The list includes many new names. To comprehend is to have within the limits, scope, or range of references, as either a part or the whole number of items concerned: The plan comprehends several projects. To comprise is to consist of, as the various parts serving to make up the whole: This genus comprises 50 species. Embrace emphasizes the extent or assortment of that which is included: The report embraces a great variety of subjects.
Antonyms
1. exclude, preclude.
Examples from the web for included
The plan included a structure for storing tools and potting plants.
We've included other favorites that strongly emphasize organic foods and support local farmers.
To determine how much lime or sulfur to add, follow the advice included with your test results.
The lab-based pain tests included wrapping a participant's arm in a frozen wine-cooling sleeve or a blood-pressure cuff.
As a result, she says, readers can't know how much the studies included may differ and whether it was appropriate to combine them.
Only traffic-generated emissions were included in the study, not pollutants from factories and other sources.
For example, they included as methane leaks, gas leaks that are usually burned off.
They included the prefrontal cortex and other regions typically linked to social and cognitive behaviors.
Until recently, mathematical models of extinction risk included only two types of randomness.
The booster's final acceptance included testing of the thrust vector control system.
British Dictionary definitions for included
included
/ɪnˈkluːdɪd/
adjective
1.
(of the stamens or pistils of a flower) not protruding beyond the corolla
Derived Forms
includedness, noun
include
/ɪnˈkluːd/
verb (transitive)
1.
to have as contents or part of the contents; be made up of or contain
2.
to add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
3.
to contain as a secondary or minor ingredient or element
Derived Forms
includable, includible, adjective
Word Origin
C15 (in the sense: to enclose): from Latin inclūdere to enclose, from in-² + claudere to close
Word Origin and History for included
include
v.
c.1400, from Latin includere "to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). The alleged Sam Goldwyn-ism, "Include me out," is attested from 1937. Related: Included; including.