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INCLUDE
include
(verb) add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category; “We must include this chemical element in the group”
include
(verb) consider as part of something; “I include you in the list of culprits”
admit, let in, include
(verb) allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; “admit someone to the profession”; “She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar”
include
(verb) have as a part, be made up out of; “The list includes the names of many famous writers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
include (third-person singular simple present includes, present participle including, simple past and past participle included)
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
(obsolete) To enclose, confine. [from early 15th c.]
(obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
(programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
Antonyms
• exclude
Noun
include (plural includes)
(programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
Anagrams
• clued-in, nuclide
Source: Wiktionary
In*clude", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Included; p. pr. & vb. n. Including.] Etym: [L. includere, inclusum; pref. in- in + claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Enclose.]
1. To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
2. To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five. The whole included race, his purposed prey. Milton. The loss of such a lord includes all harm. Shak.
3. To conclude; to end; to terminate. [Obs.] Come, let us go; we will include all jars With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Shak.
Syn.
– To contain; inclose; comprise; comprehend; embrace; involve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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