include

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[edit] Etymology

1420, from Latin includere (to shut in, enclose, insert), from in- (in) + claudere (to shut).

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Infinitive
to include

Third person singular
includes

Simple past
included

Past participle
included

Present participle
including

to include (third-person singular simple present includes, present participle including, simple past and past participle included)

  1. (obsolete) To enclose, confine. [from early 15th c.]
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 107:
      I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
  2. 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.
  3. To contain, as parts of a whole.
    The vacation package includes car rental.

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Singular
include

Plural
includes

include (plural includes)

  1. (computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
    • 2006, Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day
      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.

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include

  1. third-person singular indicative present of includere