include

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   consider as part of something

   I include you in the list of culprits

2. 2
   verb

   have as a part, be made up out of

   The list includes the names of many famous writers

3. 3
   verb

   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.

4. 4
   verb

   To consider as part of something; to comprehend.

   The vacation package includes car rental.

5. 5
   verb

   To enclose, confine.

   I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.

6. 6
   verb

   To conclude; to terminate.

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

7. 7
   verb

   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.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

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”).