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including

/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/

including preposition: such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned. Also the present participle and gerund of include.

Preposition

including

  1. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
    • All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism.2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
    • All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
  2. (nonstandard, rare) Introducing a finite clause.
    • I have always argued that it is one that deserves a thorough-going policy review, which might come to all sorts of conclusions, including it is doing what the Government of the day wants it to.2006 March 27, John Whiting (of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC), transcribed in The 2006 Budget: Fourth Report of [United Kingdom House of Commons Treasury Committee] Session 2005-06, Volume II, page 20

Also used as

including is also the present participle and gerund of include.

including meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

including in Hindi

सहित

including in Tamil

உட்பட, உள்ளிட்ட

including in Urdu

بشمول, سمیت
More languagesFewer languages
including in Telugu
సహా, వీటితో సహా, తో సహా
including in Malayalam
ഉൾപ്പെടെ uḷppeṭe, അടക്കം aṭakkaṁ
including in Kannada
ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ, ಒಳಗೊಂಡಂತೆ
including in Gujarati
સહિત
including in Odia
ସମେତ
including in Arabic
شَامِل šāmil
including in Malay
termasuk
including in Indonesian
termasuk
including in Vietnamese
gồm, bao gồm

Forms of including

alternative abbreviationincl.

Origin of including

By surface analysis, include + -ing.

Words formed from including

Questions about including

What does including mean?
Including means such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
What is including in Hindi?
Including in Hindi is सहित. See Including meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is including?
Including is a preposition.
How do you pronounce including?
Including is pronounced /ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/.

Words near including in the dictionary

  1. includest
  2. includeth
  3. includibility
  4. includible
  5. includin'
  6. including
  7. includingly
  8. inclus
  9. inclusibility
  10. inclusible
  11. inclusion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: including (page history and authors); including (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); including (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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