DIMENSIONS: MEASURE / Proportion
Include suggests the containment of something as a constitutent, conponent, or subordinate part of a larger whole.
R E F E R E N C E S
Inclusion n [L inclusion-, inclusio, fr. includere] [1600] 1: the act of including: the state of being included 2: something that is included as a: a gaseous. liquid, or solid foreign body enclosed in a mass [as of a mineral] b: a passive usu. temporary product of cell activity [as a starch grain] within the cytoplasm or nucleus 3: a relation between two classes that exists when all members of the first are also members of the second -compare Membership 3
Include vt included; including [ME, fr. L includere, fr. in- + claudere to close -more at Close] [15c] 1: to shut up: Enclose 2: to take in or comprise as a part of a whole 3: to contain between or within [two sides and the included angle] -syn. Include, Comprehend, Embrace, Involve mean to contain within as part of the whole. Include suggests the containment of something as a constitutent, conponent, or subordinate part of a larger whole [the price of dinner includes desssert]. Comprehend implies that something comes within the scope of a statement or definition [his system comprehends all history]. Embrace implies a gathering of separate items within a whole [her faith embraces both Christian and non-Christian beliefs]. Involve suggests inclusion by virtue of the nature of the whole, whether by being its natural or inevitable consequence [the new job involves a lot of detail]
[Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition. Springfield, MA, USA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. 1995.]
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