present participle and gerund of include
"The list, including all the items we discussed yesterday, was finally posted on the website."
In plain English: Including means adding something to a group or list along with other things.
"The prize money included enough to cover our flight home."
Usage: Use "including" to introduce examples that are part of a larger group already mentioned in your sentence. Do not use it to mean "exceeding" or "in addition to," as those require different phrasing like "plus" or "more than."
Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
"The festival featured various local artisans, including a potter and two weavers from the valley."
The word is formed by combining the verb include with the suffix -ing. It entered English as a standard grammatical construction to indicate that something is part of a larger group or set.