Definition of "include" in English

verb

1. 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.

2. To consider as part of something; to comprehend.

   • The vacation package includes car rental.
   • Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
   • I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
   • up to and including page twenty-five

3. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.

   • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.

4. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.

5. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.

   • You have to include the strings library to use this function.

noun

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