Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

include

/ɪnˈkluːd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: in-clude
IPA: /ɪnˈkluːd/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.

verb

To consider as part of something; to comprehend.

verb

To enclose, confine.

Obsolete

verb

To conclude; to terminate.

Obsolete

verb

To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.

noun

A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

Example Sentences

"I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental."
"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"
"The whole included race, his purposed prey."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *(s)kleh₂w-, includen, inclūdō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈkluːd/
British English: /ɪnˈkluːd/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

includes (present, singular) including (participle, present) included (participle, past) included (past) enclude (alternative) includes (plural)

Derived Forms

includability includable includer includible misinclude preinclude reinclude uninclude

Phrases

batteries-included include me out un-include include guard

Frequently Paired Words

inclusion inclusive

Synonyms

add admit allow bear circumscribe come with compose comprise consist contain count cover

Antonyms

exclude drop lack omit refrain

Rhymes With

food non-food you'd dude mood viewed rude reviewed renewed crude nude screwed

Questions

How do you pronounce include?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkluːd/.
What does include mean?: To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
Where does include come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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