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included

American  
[in-kloo-did] / ɪnˈklu dɪd /

adjective

  1. being part of the whole; contained; covered.

    Breakfast is included in the price of the room.

  2. Botany. not projecting beyond the mouth of the corolla, as stamens or a style.

  3. enclosed.


included British  
/ ɪnˈkluːdɪd /

adjective

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of included

First recorded in 1545–55; include + -ed 2

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Nearby on a table were paper tags, pens and instructions, which included asking a friend “to do the same. Keep wishing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

This included clarifying the powers councils in England have to set stricter litter rules when considering planning applications.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The trustees, however, included in their report an estimate of when the trust funds would be depleted if combined, in order to illustrate the actuarial status of the Social Security program as a whole.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The researchers also included realistic weather patterns in their simulations.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Made up of archaeologists and divers from France, England, and the United States, this multinational group included Frederic Dumas, on loan from Jacques Cousteau’s team of divers, and the pioneering archaeologist Honor Frost.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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