noun
1. the state of being included
• Ant: ↑exclusion
• Hypernyms: ↑situation, ↑state of affairs
• Hyponyms: ↑embrace, ↑encompassment
2. any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
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an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell
• Syn: ↑inclusion body, ↑cellular inclusion
• Hypernyms: ↑body
• Hyponyms: ↑plasmid, ↑plasmid DNA, ↑Russell's body, ↑cancer body
3. the relation of comprising something
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he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work
• Syn: ↑comprehension
• Derivationally related forms: ↑comprehend (for: ↑comprehension)
• Hypernyms: ↑involvement
4. the act of including
• Derivationally related forms: ↑include
• Hyponyms: ↑incorporation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.