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View synonyms for comprised

comprised

[ kuhm-prahyzd ]

adjective

  1. included or contained:

    His write-up of the cancer experiment details the characteristics of all five cohorts and the comprised biopsy reports.

  2. formed, put together, or constituted; made up of a number of different parts or individuals:

    These issues are to be addressed by the president of the college in consultation with the newly comprised committee.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of comprise ( def ).

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Word History and Origins

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. be comprised of. comprise ( def 4 ).

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Example Sentences

According to data stretching from 1999 to 2011, African Americans have comprised 26 percent of all police-shooting victims.

The Coalition is comprised of labor unions, anti-war activists, clergy, and so-called black empowerment groups.

Older voters comprised the greatest increase in Republican voter share between the 2008 and 2012 election.

For Brand, getting these details while working on the film comprised a large part of her healing process.

In 1980, whites comprised 88 percent of the electorate, but in 2012 they were less than three-quarters of votes cast.

This organ comprised no less than ninety-five ranks of Mixture, including two stops of twenty-one and twenty ranks, respectively.

The expedition presented a curious sight; it comprised 15 native barges or “cascoes” towed by seven tugs.

French, the English Grammar, and the rudiments of Latin comprised the only systematic training which she received.

The white population of the territory now comprised in our city limits did not, in 1800, probably exceed 25.

All those things which any one can obtain himself without extraordinary effort, are not comprised within the scope of prayer.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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