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Definition of INCLUDE

1

to have as part of a whole <the college application included some thought-provoking essay questions>

Synonyms carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, subsume, take in

Related Words comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate

Near Antonyms ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace

Antonyms exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit

2

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers <that inextinguishable spark of liberty that is included within every human being>

Synonyms box (in), cage, closet, coop (up), corral, encage, encase, envelop, fence (in), hedge, hem (in), house, immure, include, mew (up), pen, wall (in)

Related Words bound, circumscribe, confine, contain, limit, restrict; encircle, encompass, enfold, enframe, enlace, frame, ring, surround; armor, cocoon, encapsulate, encapsule, encyst, ensheathe, ensphere, enwomb