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comprise
[ kuhm-prahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to include or contain:
The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics.
- to consist of; be composed of:
The advisory board comprises six members.
- to form or constitute:
Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities.
comprise
/ kəmˈpraɪz /
verb
- to include; contain
- to constitute the whole of; consist of
her singing comprised the entertainment
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Usage
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Derived Forms
- comˈprisal, noun
- comˈprisable, adjective
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Other Words From
- com·pris·a·ble adjective
- com·pris·al noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of comprise1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of comprise1
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Idioms and Phrases
- be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:
The sales network is comprised of independent outlets and chain stores.
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Example Sentences
African Americans make up only 12 percent of the population but comprise 44 percent of HIV cases.
Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict on that continent.
But in California Hispanics comprise 23 percent of the electorate versus just over 12 percent nationally.
The brigade in the footage is said to comprise about 20 French nationals and 20 Belgians.
Occasionally a political link or note appears, but they hardly comprise the bulk of the posts.
The symptoms may comprise not only a diversity of physical ailments, but intellectual disturbances of the most terrible import.
They were certainly considered as an inferior body of burgesses, and might comprise three classes.
This is a ruddy cottage from fluted tiling down to the grass, and sufficiently large to comprise two tenements now.
It seemed to comprise so thoroughly both the spirit and the letter of discipline.
A few words about the Yolofs and Mandingoes comprise all there is to learn.
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