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include
- /ɪnˈkluːd/ UK
- /ɪnˈkluːd/ US
Rhymes with -uːd
Where it comes from
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”).
verb includes · including · included · enclude
- 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.
- To consider as part of something; to comprehend. The vacation package includes car rental.
- To enclose, confine. I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
- To conclude; to terminate. Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.
- 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.
Similar: add, admit, allow, bear, circumscribe, come with, compose, comprise, consist, contain, count, cover
noun includes · enclude
- 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.
