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

  • (..) Until then, we'll lock the gates. We'll reduce the staff. We will limit her contact with people and keep her powers hidden from everyone... including Anna. Elsa? Do you want to build a snowman? Come on let's go and play. I never see you anymore. Come out the door. It's like you've gone away. (..)
    2013 Frozen
  • (..) when Titanic sank from under us. There were boats floating nearby... ..and only one came back. One. Six were saved from the water,... ..myself included. Six... out of . Afterward,.. ..the people in the boats had nothing to do but wait. Wait to die, wait to live... Wait for an absolution... (..)
    1997 Titanic
  • (..) it's like to be dying... but, B, hasn't actually died. Okay- I will read this horrible book with this very boring title... that does not include zombies or Stormtroopers. And in exchange... ...you will read this. This haunting, yet brilliant novelization (..)
    2014 The Fault in Our Stars