Include meaning
To consider as part of or allow into a group or class.
Thanked the host for including us.
verb
To have as part of a whole; contain; comprise.
The price includes sales tax.
verb
Include is defined as to contain, enclose or consider as part of a whole.
An example of include is adding an email address to a party invitation for RSVPs.
An example of include is to invite someone to join the group on a planned event.
verb
To contain or take in as a part, element, or member.
verb
To shut up or in; enclose.
verb
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To consider as part of a whole; take into account.
verb
To make part of a whole; put into a total, category, etc.
To be included as a candidate.
verb
A statement in a program that directs the compiler or interpreter to process another file of code at that point. An include capability (often with a pound sign: "#include") allows libraries of predefined code to be combined into one program. Ada compilers use a "with" statement instead of include. See header file. See also server-side include.
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.
verb
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To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
Up to and including page twenty-five.
verb
(computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
noun
Origin of include
Middle English includen from Latin inclūdere to enclose in- in in–2 claudere to close