included

[in-kloo-did]

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adjective

being part of the whole; contained; covered: Breakfast is included in the price of the room.
Botany. not projecting beyond the mouth of the corolla, as stamens or a style.
enclosed.

Origin of included

First recorded in 1545–55; include + -ed²

Related formsin·clud·ed·ness, nounun·in·clud·ed, adjective

include

[in-klood]

verb (used with object), in·clud·ed, in·clud·ing.

to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
to place in an aggregate, class, category, or the like.
to contain as a subordinate element; involve as a factor.

Origin of include

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin inclūdere to shut in, equivalent to in- in-² + -clūdere, combining form of claudere to shut (cf. close)

Related formsin·clud·a·ble, in·clud·i·ble, adjectivepre·in·clude, verb (used with object), pre·in·clud·ed, pre·in·clud·ing.re·in·clude, verb (used with object), re·in·clud·ed, re·in·clud·ing.un·in·clud·a·ble, adjectiveun·in·clud·i·ble, adjective

Synonyms for include

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1. embody. Include, comprehend, comprise, embrace imply containing parts of a whole. To include is to contain as a part or member, or among the parts and members, of a whole: The list includes many new names. To comprehend is to have within the limits, scope, or range of references, as either a part or the whole number of items concerned: The plan comprehends several projects. To comprise is to consist of, as the various parts serving to make up the whole: This genus comprises 50 species. Embrace emphasizes the extent or assortment of that which is included: The report embraces a great variety of subjects.

Antonyms for include

1. exclude, preclude.

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Related Words for included

involved, enclosed, incorporated, entered, inserted, combined, embodied, constituted, admitted, comprised, subsumed, encompassed

Examples from the Web for included

Contemporary Examples of included

Weeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
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January 8, 2015
The program has not made a final selection on which upgrades will actually be included in future versions of the F-35.
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January 8, 2015
The advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.
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January 6, 2015
They included the officers who had turned their backs on the Jumbotron, but there now was only reverence in their ranks.
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January 5, 2015
The attendees, who included John Adams and George Washington, set about forming a plan of governance for the new nation.
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December 28, 2014

Historical Examples of included

It would be a solecism in language to say that any portion of these is not included in the whole.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches
Various
For these reasons, pickles should not be included in the diet of children.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
To do him justice, his dissipation of the past few months had not included women.
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
All the petitions which precede it are included in this last one.
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
Joseph Stump
John Gilman had been looking at a view which included Eileen.
Her Father's Daughter
Gene Stratton-Porter

British Dictionary definitions for included

included

adjective

(of the stamens or pistils of a flower) not protruding beyond the corolla

Derived Formsincludedness, noun

include

verb (tr)

to have as contents or part of the contents; be made up of or contain
to add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category
to contain as a secondary or minor ingredient or element

Derived Formsincludable or includible, adjective

Word Origin for include

C15 (in the sense: to enclose): from Latin inclūdere to enclose, from in- ² + claudere to close

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Word Origin and History for included

include

c.1400, from Latin includere "to shut in, enclose, imprison, insert," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). The alleged Sam Goldwyn-ism, "Include me out," is attested from 1937. Related: Included; including.