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Include and Require

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"

verb

  • Require as useful, just, or proper.
    • usage: "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
  • Consider obligatory; request and expect.
    • usage: "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"
  • Make someone do something.
  • Have need of.
    • usage: "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"