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include

verb
/ɪnˈkluːd/UK/ɪnˈkluːd/US

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”).

  1. derived from *(s)kleh₂w-✻
  2. derived from inclūdō — “to shut in, enclose, insert”
  3. inherited from includen

Definitions

  1. 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.

  2. To consider as part of something

    To consider as part of something; 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.

  3. To enclose, confine.

    • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. To conclude

      To conclude; to terminate.

      • Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.

    2. 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.

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

      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.

The neighborhood

Derived

batteries-included, includability, includable, include me out, includer, includible, misinclude, preinclude, reinclude, un-include, uninclude

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at include. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at include. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at include

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA