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

  • (..) as the glamorous continue to arrive... at the Genovian lndependence Ball. Despite the threat of rain... the big turnout includes the mayor of San Francisco... and a Genovian pear juggler. The future of Genovia... is in the hands of young Mia Thermopolis. (..)
    2001 The Princess Diaries