include

Definition

  • verb: to have (someone or something) as part of a group or total
  • verb: to shut up
  • synonyms: enclose, hold, contain

Examples

  • He says he doesn't want to be 'included' in the project. [=he doesn't want to participate in the project]

  • Everyone, myself/me 'included' [=everyone, including me], liked the book better than the movie.

  • The collection has some surprising 'inclusions'. [=it includes some surprising things]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) and sometimes cuts corners. Next one. The second one's called "The Amazon Squad." Lady cops. Running characters include a crusty but benign police lieutenant... who's always getting heat from the commissioner... a tough, hard-drinking detective who thinks women belong in the kitchen... (..)
    1976 Network