Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To consist of; be composed of: "The French got ... French Equatorial Africa, comprising several territories” ( Alex Shoumatoff).
- v. To include; contain: "The word 'politics' ... comprises, in itself, a difficult study of no inconsiderable magnitude” ( Charles Dickens). See Synonyms at include.
- v. Usage Problem To compose; constitute: "Put together the slaughterhouses, the steel mills, the freight yards ... that comprised the city” ( Saul Bellow).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To comprehend; contain; include; embrace: as, the German empire comprises a number of separate states.
- To press together; gather into a small compass; compress.
- Synonyms To embrace, embody, inclose, encircle.
Wiktionary
- v. To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from earlier 15th c.]
- v. To include, contain or embrace. [from earlier 15th c.]
- v. To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
- v. To include, contain or embrace, but not implying an exhaustive list.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To comprehend; to include.
WordNet 3.0
- v. be composed of
- v. include or contain; have as a component
- v. form or compose
Etymologies
- Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, to include, from Latin comprehendere, comprēndere; see comprehend.
Examples
“The coins comprise a diverse cross section of coins in circulation at the first part of the 19th Century, including an important group of exceptional quality southern mint gold coins.”
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“I like a man who knows how to use the word comprise correctly.”
“When combined with missed furniture pickup the calls comprise more than one quarter of all complaint-and-service-related calls to the city's info hotline.”
“Chalcedon (Concil.tom. iv.p. 761 — 2071) comprehend those of Ephesus, (p. 890 — 1189,) which again comprise the synod of Constantinople under Flavian, (p. 930 — 1072;) and at requires some attention to disengage this double involution.”
“The financial terms comprise an up-front payment of $500 million to the Hancock group, led by billionaire Australian businesswoman Gina Rinehart , and the rest in phases--$200 million one year after the completion of the deal and $560 million on the financial closure of the coal project, anticipated to be in 2012.”
“At a time when subtle, literate film comedies seem like an endangered species at best, these titles comprise a welcome breath of rarefied air.”
The Huffington Post: John Farr: Laughing in Style: That Special 'Lubitsch Touch'
“Like a giant slush pile of digitally liberated books, these titles comprise gems of undiscovered brilliance alongside works that might make your eyes bleed.”
“His literary productions, all in Latin, comprise commentaries on the Psalms, on the Apocalypse, on the Gospels of Sundays and Festivals, on the Creed of St. Athanasius, on the Lord's Prayer. and a great number of sermons and homilies, treatises, and devotional writings, such as "De”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
“Primitive terms comprise variables and constants, whereas compound terms are formed by combining terms.”
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Ray94903 Comprise Simple rules for comprise are: the whole comprises the parts. Comprise never takes "of." Oct 25, 2010
zc0000 be made up of : sth is made up of several parts
be composed of : sth is composed of several parts
consist of : sth consits of several parts
comprise : sth comprises several parts
include : sth includes several parts Mar 11, 2010