included

Meanings

1. 1adjectiveafter a verb

   Counted as a part of a price, package or group rather than charged or listed separately.

   Grammar: Often follows a noun or is: breakfast is included.

   Patterns

   • be included in something
   • something is included

   Breakfast is included in the room price.

   Tax is included, so the total is on the sign.

   All batteries are included with the toy.

2. 2adjectivecomparable

   Treated as a welcome member of a group, with a place in what is happening.

   Grammar: Often after feel or make: feel included.

   Patterns

   • feel included
   • make someone feel included

   The new student felt included from her first day.

   I want every child to feel included in the game.

   Everyone should be included in family decisions.

3. 3adjectiveafter a verbformal

   Named among those being counted, after a noun, usually to show the thing is part of the total.

   Grammar: Placed after the noun it describes: the guests, children included, were all fed.

   Patterns

   • the noun included

   Twenty people, myself included, signed the letter.

   The whole family, grandparents included, came to the wedding.

   Everyone, you included, can take a break.

Common combinations

service included

The menu says service included at the bottom.

everything included

The holiday price has everything included.

myself included

We were all tired, myself included.

not included

Taxes are not included in the displayed price.

feel included

Small gestures help new staff feel included.

Synonyms and how they differ

inclusive

Inclusive describes a price or group that covers everything, but included describes one item that is part of it.

comprised

Comprised is more formal and usually describes what a whole is made of.

incorporated

Incorporated means blended into something larger, often more tightly than just included.

counted

Counted stresses being part of a number, while included is more general.

Opposites

Word family

include verb

to contain as a part

inclusion noun

the act of including or being included

inclusive adjective

covering everything or welcoming everyone

including preposition

with the addition of

Commonly confused: included or enclosed?

Practice

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