meaning of includes
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.
3. To conclude; to end; to terminate.
4. 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"
Related Words
include | included | includible | including |
