include

To make someone or something part of a group, activity, or whole.

• Please include your phone number.
• She included me in the conversation.
• We will include delivery in the price.

How to use it: include someone/something in something (Please include me in your plans.)

Similar words: add, incorporate

Opposites: exclude, omit

Common phrases: include someone in, include something in, include everyone, include car rental

To have someone or something as one of the parts of a whole.

• The price includes breakfast.
• Our team includes two new players.
• Does the package include travel insurance?

Similar words: contain, comprise

Opposites: exclude

Common phrases: include breakfast, include something else, include several things

To use an instruction that makes code from another file available in a computer program.

• You must include the correct header.
• The programmer included a library for handling text.
• Which files should we include before compiling the program?

Similar words: import

Common phrases: include a library, include a header, include a file