to comprise
- verb
- /kəmˈpraɪz/
- 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.
- And together these these comprise what we call Pocornet.
- Each video will will comprise maybe two or three paragraphs.
- The ethical has to comprise both of these.
- I'll say, you know, Sean's outfit was comprised of a shirt, shoes and pants.
- You have simple yarns that are comprised of a single fiber content.
- Because that is the very structure that comprises everything that's bigger than it.
- The fear is often comprised of a mix of getting hurt and getting played again.
- These are comprised of what Apple calls Firestorm and Ice Storm cores.
- All of those comprise operations, all right.
- I don't think being human comprises solely of that.
- Has it become comprised of dark cons?
Examples
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And together these these comprise what we call Pocornet.
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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.
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We will strengthen the union of the Four Nations that comprise our United.
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But the, the countries which comprise the manufacturers have changed significantly.
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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?
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ELSA: Hawthorn Island comprises 12 acres of forest and pasture.
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The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota peoples ("Sioux") comprise the 8% of the state that is American Indian.
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Hawthorn Island comprises 12 acres of forest and pasture.
Synonyms
To make a person or thing part of something larger
To have something inside like a box or book
To be made of parts or people
Add something into a plan or system
Has parts or people that form it, for example the sun and planets
To include a wide range of things or people
To include different things as part of a whole
How Connected
Surface Forms
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.