comprise
verb
com·prise
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comprised;
comprising
Definition of comprise
1
: to be made up of
The factory was to be a vast installation, comprising fifty buildings.— Jane Jacobs The play comprises three acts.
2
: compose, constitute
… a misconception as to what comprises a literary generation.— William Styron … about 8 percent of our military forces are comprised of women.— Jimmy Carter
3
: to include especially within a particular scope
… civilization as Lenin used the term would then certainly have comprised the changes that are now associated in our minds with "developed" rather than "developing" states. — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
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Examples of comprise in a Sentence
Each army division comprised 4,500 troops.
The play comprises three acts.
Recent Examples on the Web
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More Definitions for comprise
comprise
verb
English Language Learners Definition of comprise
: to be made up of (something) : to include or consist of (something)
: to make up or form (something)
See the full definition for comprise in the English Language Learners Dictionary
comprise
verb
com·prise
| \ kəm-ˈprīz
\
\
comprised;
comprising
Kids Definition of comprise
1
: to be made up of : consist of
The play comprises three acts.
2
: form entry 2 sense 3
Nine players comprise a baseball team.
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