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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
include/ɪnˈkluːd/

▶verb

1 comprise or contain as part of a whole.

2 make part of a whole or set.
■ allow (someone) to share in an activity or privilege.

■ (include someone out) informal specifically exclude someone.

– origin ME: from L. includere, from in- ‘into’ + claudere ‘to shut’.

usage: Include has a broader meaning than comprise. In the sentence the accommodation comprises 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, and living room, comprise implies that there is no accommodation other than that listed. Include can be used in this way too, but it is also used in a non-restrictive way, implying that there may be other things not mentioned that are part of the same category, as in the price includes a special welcome pack.

'include' also found in these Oxford entries:

adder - aschelminth - attach - bacterium - calculate - composite - comprehend - co-star - count - cut - deal - deckhand - distribute - embody - embrace - encompass - ergodic - extended family - factor - footman - fungus - incorporate - insert - involve - -ise - leaf beetle - leave - lend - lipid - list - -man - miss - number - over-represent - parenthesis - pink-eye - reckon - rule - schedule - sclerosis - serjeant-at-arms - specify - subsume - throw - Ural-Altaic - work

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