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- pronunciation:
- ihn
klud
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
includes, including, included |
| definition 1: |
If something is included in something, it is a part of it. When a family picture includes your dog, it means that your dog is in the picture with everyone else.
Hakim's lunch always includes a sandwich. Sometimes it includes a snack too.The list includes both my name and yours.- similar words:
- cover, enclose, hold
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| definition 2: |
When you include something, you add it into a group or set of things. If you include a new friend in your club, you add them to your club.
Jen's mom made her include an extra sweater with the clothes she was packing for her camping trip.Lily was happy that her brother and his friends included her on their team.- antonyms:
- exclude
- similar words:
- classify, cover, group, involve, list, place, put
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| related words: |
admit, welcome |
| 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:
incision, include, infect, influence, inform, information, inquire, inquiry, inscribe, inspect, inspector
claus, clos, clud, clus
Latin
root
that means to close
Example words:
clause, closet, conclude, conclusion, disclose, enclose, enclosure, exclude, exclusive, include, inconclusive
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