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- pronunciation:
- ihn
klud
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
includes, including, included |
| definition 1: |
to contain, as a whole contains its parts.
The list includes all of our names.Does the recipe include eggs?The dinner menu includes appetizers and entrees, but not desserts.- synonyms:
- comprehend, comprise, contain, embrace
- similar words:
- cover, enclose, encompass, hold
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| definition 2: |
to incorporate in a group or class.
We have to include all our relatives on the guest list.She invited a group of her friends for dinner, but I was not included.- synonyms:
- incorporate, subsume
- antonyms:
- bar, except, exclude
- similar words:
- classify, cover, embrace, group, involve, list, place, put
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| definition 3: |
to take account of.
Did you include me in the greeting?The price of lunch does not include soup. Soup is extra.Did you include all of the factors in your analysis?- synonyms:
- count, cover, remember
- antonyms:
- leave out, omit
- similar words:
- number
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| related words: |
admit, annex, comprise, program, welcome |
(v.)include
+ noun
accommodation, analysis, assessment, breakfast, component, item, meal, provision
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| derivation: |
includable (adj.) |
The word include
contains the following parts:
in-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix in-1 occurs in Latin loanwords and thus attaches to Latin roots ( infect
, inscribe
). in-1 has multiple forms, as the "n" sound in in-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms il-1, im-1, and ir-1.
Example words:
incise, incision, incisor, include, incursion, infarct, infect, influence, influx, inform, information, inhere, inherent, inhibit, innate, inquire, inquiry, inquisition, inscribe, inscription, inspect, inspector, inter
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
Example words:
clause, claustrophobia, closet, closure, conclude, conclusion, conclusive, disclose, disclosure, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inclusive, inconclusive, malocclusion, occlude, preclude, recluse, seclude
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