include
/ɪnˈklud/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To have someone or something as one part of a whole.
The price of the room includes breakfast.
To make someone or something part of a group, list, or activity.
Did you include your phone number on the application?
How it's used
When this means “introduces examples that are part of a larger group”
- including + noun
Everyone came, including my cousins from Ohio.
When this means “used when the thing that is part of a whole is the subject”
- be included (passive)
Tax is not included in the price.
Collocations
- include tax
- be included in
- including
- include everyone
- feel included