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in⋅clud⋅ed

  [in-kloo-did]
Use Included in a Sentence
–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.
Origin:
1545–55; include + -ed 2

Related forms:
in⋅clud⋅ed⋅ness, noun

in⋅clude

  [in-klood]
–verb (used with object), -clud⋅ed, -clud⋅ing.
1. to contain, as a whole does parts or any part or element: The package includes the computer, program, disks, and a manual.
2. to place in an aggregate, class, category, or the like.
3. to contain as a subordinate element; involve as a factor.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L inclūdere to shut in, equiv. to in- in- 2 + -clūdere, comb. form of claudere to shut (cf. close )

Related forms:
in⋅clud⋅a⋅ble, in⋅clud⋅i⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. embody. Include, comprehend, comprise, embrace imply containing parts of a whole. To include is to contain as a part or member, or among the parts and members, of a whole: The list includes many new names. To comprehend is to have within the limits, scope, or range of references, as either a part or the whole number of items concerned: The plan comprehends several projects. To comprise is to consist of, as the various parts serving to make up the whole: This genus comprises 50 species. Embrace emphasizes the extent or assortment of that which is included: The report embraces a great variety of subjects.

Antonyms:
1. exclude, preclude.
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in·clude   (ĭn-klōōd')   
tr.v.   in·clud·ed, in·clud·ing, in·cludes
  1. To take in as a part, element, or member.
  2. To contain as a secondary or subordinate element.
  3. To consider with or place into a group, class, or total: thanked the host for including us.

[Middle English includen, from Latin inclūdere, to enclose : in-, in; see in-2 + claudere, to close.]
in·clud'a·ble, in·clud'i·ble adj.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to take in or contain as part of something larger. Include often implies an incomplete listing: "Through the process of amendment, interpretation and court decision I have finally been included in 'We, the people'" (Barbara C. Jordan).
Comprise usually implies that all of the components are stated: The book comprises 15 chapters.
Comprehend and embrace usually refer to the taking in of subordinate elements: My field of study comprehends several disciplines. This theory embraces many facets of human behavior.
Involve usually suggests inclusion as a logical consequence or necessary condition: "Every argument involves some assumptions" (Brooke F. Westcott).

Usage Note: Some writers insist that include be used only when it is followed by a partial list of the contents of the referent of the subject. Therefore, one may write New England includes Connecticut and Rhode Island, but one must use comprise or consist of to provide full enumeration: New England comprises (not includes) Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. This restriction is too strong. Include does not rule out the possibility of a complete listing. Thus the sentence The bibliography should include all the journal articles you have used does not entail that the bibliography must contain something other than journal articles, though it does leave that possibility open. The use of comprise or consist of, however, will avoid ambiguity when a listing is meant to be exhaustive. Thus the sentence The task force includes all of the Navy units on active duty in the region allows for the possibility that Marine and Army units are also taking part, where the same sentence with comprise would entail that the task force contained only Navy forces. See Usage Note at comprise.
in·clud·ed   (ĭn-klōō'dĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Botany Not protruding beyond a surrounding part, as stamens that do not project from a corolla.
  2. Mathematics Formed by and between two intersecting straight lines: an included angle.
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Included

In*clud"ed\, a. Inclosed; confined.

Included stamens (Bot.), such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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