Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of including or the state of being included.
- noun Something included.
- noun A solid, liquid, or gaseous foreign body enclosed in a mineral or rock.
- noun A nonliving mass, such as a droplet of fat, in the cytoplasm of a cell.
- noun Computers A logical operation that assumes the second statement of a pair is true if the first one is true.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The contents of vesicles, of all sizes, in protoplasm as an emulsion, enveloped by pellicles of the continuous substance or plasma; the discontinuous portions of protoplasm.
- noun The act of including, or the state of being included.
- noun That which is included or inclosed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of including, or the state of being included; limitation; restriction.
- noun Something that is included.
- noun (Min.) A foreign substance, either liquid or solid, usually of minute size, inclosed in the mass of a mineral.
- noun (Biol., Cytology) A small body suspended within the cytoplasm of a cell.
- noun (Logic, Math.) The relationship existing between two sets if one is a subset of the other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable An
addition orannex to a group, set, or total. - noun uncountable The act of
including , i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total. - noun countable Anything foreign that is included in a material,
- noun countable, mineralogy Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a
defect in aprecious stone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being included
- noun the act of including
- noun the relation of comprising something
- noun any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Plus, the photo was taken at your wedding; your inclusion is automatic, in the photo or no.
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"That's what I call inclusion, that's what I call grassroots, and I'm going to double my efforts in the next four years to make sure our party reflects the face of this community."
WANE TV 2009
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"We are getting busier, and while inclusion is recognised by statutory bodies, there's no set funding to underpin it," says Trevor Boyle, part-time teacher and fundraiser.
Outstanding team: 'they will influence policy' June Caldwell 2010
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You can take it away, treat it as a metaphor, and you'd still have a framework to work with, but its literal inclusion is what makes this story a good read.
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Creating a hierarchy of inclusion is the idea that launched a thousand matrimonial train wrecks.
Carolyn Hax: Wedding party choice has left-out friend smarting Carolyn Hax 2010
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In other words, the purpose of inclusion is not even to affirm the character's sexuality.
A Sodomite's Sermon Hal Duncan 2009
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Getting not only acknowledgment but inclusion is what will launch your career process.
Adele Scheele: How to Help Yourself When Your Boss Steals Your Ideas Adele Scheele 2010
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But even so, its inclusion is quite welcome and helps makes Who Goes There? the definitive publication of Campbell's classic story.
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Getting not only acknowledgment but inclusion is what will launch your career process.
Adele Scheele: How to Help Yourself When Your Boss Steals Your Ideas Adele Scheele 2010
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Despite having a low profile, his case for inclusion is strong in other regards.
Kevin Davies ready to show old boys can give England a fresh face Kevin McCarra 2010
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