Exist and Include
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.i.) To live; to have life or the functions of vitality; as, men can not exist water, nor fishes on land.
- (v.i.) To be manifest in any manner; to continue to be; as, great evils existed in his reign.
- (v.i.) To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
verb
- Have as a part, be made up out of.
- usage: "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
- Consider as part of something.
- usage: "I include you in the list of culprits"
- Add as part of something else; put in as part of a set, group, or category.
- usage: "We must include this chemical element in the group"
- Allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of.
- usage: "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.) To conclude; to end; to terminate.
- (v.t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five.
- (v.t.) To confine within; to hold; to contain; to shut up; to inclose; as, the shell of a nut includes the kernel; a pearl is included in a shell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary