included

[ in-kloo-did ]

/ ɪnˈklu dɪd /

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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.

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Words related to included

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

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Origin of included

First recorded in 1545–55; include + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM included

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

Definition for included (2 of 2)

include

[ in-klood ]

/ ɪnˈklud /

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)

SYNONYMS FOR include

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.

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ANTONYMS FOR include

1 exclude, preclude.

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OTHER WORDS FROM include

in·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, adjective

un·in·clud·i·ble, adjective

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The fishes and insects were not included in this primitive nomenclature, so the loss of the Dictionary does not concern them.
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British Dictionary definitions for included (1 of 2)

included

/ (ɪnˈkluːdɪd) /

adjective

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

Derived forms of included

includedness, noun

British Dictionary definitions for included (2 of 2)

include

/ (ɪnˈkluːd) /

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 forms of include

includable 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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