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Added 4 October 2026

include

/ɪnˈkluːd/ verb

In Latin: inclūdō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about include at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
To enclose, confine. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

noun

A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

Origin

From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).

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