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include

UK/ɪnˈkluːd//ɪnˈkluːd/

include verb: to bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

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.
    • I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
  2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
    • The vacation package includes car rental.
    • Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
  3. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
    • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit., New York, 2001, p.107
  4. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
    • Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  5. To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
    • You have to include the strings library to use this function.

Noun

include (plural includes)

  1. A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
    • In the previous lesson, you learned how to use server-side includes, which enable you to easily include snippets of web pages within other web pages.2006, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day

include meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

include in Hindi

to bring into as a part or member
सम्मिलित sammilit
to contain, as part of a whole
समावेश samāveś

include in Tamil

சேர்த்துக் கொள், உள்ளடக்கு

include in Marathi

समाविष्ट करणे, समाविष्ट करा

include in Urdu

درج کرنا, گھیرنا, لانا, شامل کرنا, شریک کرنا
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include in Bengali
অন্তর্ভুক্ত করা, অন্তর্গত করা, ভিতরে গ্রহণ করা, ভরতি করা
include in Malayalam
ഉൾപ്പെടുത്തുക uḷppeṭuttuka, ഉൾക്കൊള്ളിക്കുക uḷkkoḷḷikkuka
include in Kannada
ಒಳಕೊಳ್, ಒಳಗೊಳ್, ಒಳಗೊಳ್ಳು, ಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳು
include in Punjabi
ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕਰਨਾ
include in Gujarati
સમાવેશ કરવો
include in Odia
ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭୁକ୍ତ କରନ୍ତୁ, ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭୁକ୍ତ କରିବା
include in Assamese
সাঙোৰ xaṅür
include in Nepali
गन्नु gannu
include in Tagalog
isama
include in Arabic
تضمن taḍammana
include in Persian
شامل شدن šâmel šodan, در بر داشتن dar bar dâštan
include in Vietnamese
bao gồm

Examples of include in a sentence

  • I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
  • The whole included race, his purposed prey.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by...
  • The loss of such a lord includes all harm.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, &...

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Synonyms of include

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Antonyms

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Forms of include

Verb
third-person singular presentincludes
present participleincluding
past participleincluded
pastincluded
alternative formenclude
Noun
pluralincludes

Past tense of include: included

Origin of include

From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).

Words formed from include

Phrases with include

Words that rhyme with include

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Questions about include

What does include mean?
Include means to bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
What is include in Hindi?
Include in Hindi is सम्मिलित (sammilit), समावेश (samāveś). See Include meaning in Hindi.
How do you use include in a sentence?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
What part of speech is include?
Include can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce include?
Include is pronounced /ɪnˈkluːd/ (UK).
What is the past tense of include?
The past tense of include is included.

Words near include in the dictionary

  1. inclouding
  2. inclouds
  3. includability
  4. includable
  5. includables
  6. include
  7. include guard
  8. include guards
  9. include me out
  10. included
  11. includedness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: include (page history and authors); include (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); include (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); include (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); include (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); include (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); include (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); include (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); include (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); गन्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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