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to comprise

to comprise

122 4.4
To include parts or members
  • verb
  • /kəmˈpraɪz/
translation icon : comprender
  • The burials found there comprise the largest skeletal population of this age in North America.
  • comprise three components
  • comprise several items
  • comprise two parts

And together these these comprise what we call Pocornet.

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Examples

  • And together these these comprise what we call Pocornet.

  • Taken together with the rivers, lakes, and mountain chains, they comprise a lovely homeland.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • And we get this very complex network of relationships that comprises a little society.

  • We will strengthen the union of the Four Nations that comprise our United.

  • But the, the countries which comprise the manufacturers have changed significantly.

  • What are the factors comprising postgraduate education demand in the science and technology fields?

    Academic text (2011)
  • What element comprises the majority of Earth's atmosphere?

  • ELSA: Hawthorn Island comprises 12 acres of forest and pasture.

  • The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples ("Sioux") comprise the 8% of the state that is American Indian.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Hawthorn Island comprises 12 acres of forest and pasture.

Synonyms

to include
vsto comprise
1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

emphasizes the whole being made from specific parts rather than addition
to contain
vsto comprise
1.1

To have something inside like a box or book

focuses on membership and composition rather than physical holding
to consist
vsto comprise
313 2.5

To be made of parts or people

focuses more on listing members as parts of a whole
to incorporate
vsto comprise
182 4.5

Add something into a plan or system

describes inclusion as a static relation, not an act of joining
to made up of
vsto comprise
134 1.1

Has parts or people that form it, for example the sun and planets

refers more generally to being formed from definite members or parts
to encompass
vsto comprise
87 5.1

To include a wide range of things or people

is narrower, meaning made from definite parts rather than wide coverage
to embrace
vsto comprise
84 3.8

To include different things as part of a whole

is more exact, naming the specific parts rather than broad acceptance

How Connected

to comprise
122 4.4
to belong to
1.0
related to
484 2.0

Surface Forms

comprise infinitive
comprised past
comprised past participle
comprising present participle
comprises third person singular

Etymology

The word comprise comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and a root meaning 'to take', the same root you see in comprehend. So, to comprise something is to 'take together' — that is, to be made up of or to include its parts.