{
    "term": "include",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "include",
            "heSheIt": "includes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "included",
        "pastParticiple": "included",
        "ingForm": "including"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if one thing includes another, it has the second thing as one of its parts",
            "sensetop": "include somethinginclude doing something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tour included a visit to the Science Museum.",
                    "contextForm": "include something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does the price include tax?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report includes a number of recommendations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your duties will include greeting visitors and directing them to the appropriate department.",
                    "contextForm": "include doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Helpers at the event included students from a local school, as well as their parents."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The festival is expanding to include more fringe events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The guide includes general information for instructors as well as answers to specific questions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make somebody/something part of something",
            "sensetop": "include somebody/something in somethinginclude somebody/something as somethinginclude somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You should include some examples in your essay.",
                    "contextForm": "include somebody/something in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to include children in our study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Representatives from the country were included as observers at the conference.",
                    "contextForm": "include somebody/something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Quite a few members are worried and I include myself among them.",
                    "contextForm": "include somebody/something/yourself among somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Include in your answer clear definitions where appropriate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It would be simple to include such data as part of any risk calculation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three factor variables were included in the analysis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Not included in this list are those countries that are minor in importance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Filters allow you to either include or exclude specific types of activity from generated reports."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːd/",
                "audio": "in/include/include__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdz/",
                "audio": "in/include/includes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdɪd/",
                "audio": "in/include/included__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/include/including__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːd/",
                "audio": "in/include/include__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdz/",
                "audio": "in/include/includes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdɪd/",
                "audio": "in/include/included__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/include/including__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘shut in’): from Latin includere, from in- ‘into’ + claudere ‘to shut’."
}