Include
[ɪn'kluːd] or [ɪn'klud]
Definition
(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.) consider as part of something; 'I include you in the list of culprits'.
(verb.) have as a part, be made up out of; 'The list includes the names of many famous writers'.
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Definition
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To conclude; to end; to terminate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Hold, contain.[2]. Comprise, comprehend, contain, embrace, embody, take in.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CONTAIN_and_EMBRACE]
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Definition
v.t. to close or shut in: to embrace within limits: to contain: to comprise: (Shak.) to conclude.—adj. Includ′ible.—n. Inclū′sion act of including: that which is included: restriction limitation.—adj. Inclu′sive shutting in: enclosing: (with of) comprehending the stated limit or extremes.—adv. Inclu′sively.
Editor: Nat
Examples
- White pearls include pure white and white slightly tinted with pink, blue, green or yellow. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I always feel that to live up to them would include wearing book-muslin with gigot sleeves. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Though at first confined to a length of 800 feet, the slide extended to include the entire basin south of Gold Hill, or a length of about 3,000 feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But in that smiling glance she was obliged to include Mary Garth, whom the three girls had got into a corner to make her tell them stories. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And when you speak of music, do you include literature or not? Plato. The Republic.
- Which years do you mean to include? Plato. The Republic.
- Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The whole subject is included under the general term of Morphology. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Such objections as the above would be fatal to my view, if it included advance in organisation as a necessary contingent. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She shewed them how the well-being of each included the prosperity of all. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But any of these might subsequently be included with the assent of two thirds of the Assembly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On the contrary, from what he had seen of her, he thought she would be naturally included in it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The aim of efficiency (like any educational aim) must be included within the process of experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Each estrada includes about one hundred of the scattered Heveas. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The enemy had about 7,000; but this includes the troops brought over from Columbus who were not engaged in the first defence of Belmont. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He must try to find a standpoint which includes the experience of others as well as his own. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What has been termed active occupation includes both play and work. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- For, though it includes what I proceed to add, all the merit of what I proceed to add was Joe's. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- An extremely wide flank-membrane stretches from the corners of the jaw to the tail, and includes the limbs with the elongated fingers. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It includes cognition in the degree in which it is cumulative or amounts to something, or has meaning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was a morning concert advertised for to-morrow, and Samuel was ordered to take places for a large party, including a place for Mr. Ablewhite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The drill of the student involved chiefly the acquisition of the special signals employed in railway work, including the numerals and abbreviations applied to save time. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Well, well, it just happens that I have already read all the available evidence, including the report of the inquest, with some care. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mulhall gives the steam horse power of the world in 1895, not including war vessels, as follows: Stationary. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About every boy, including myself, went over to see the affair. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Documents of various kinds, including gospels and apostolic epistles, circulated widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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