verb🔗ShareTo be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts)."The parts are comprised by the whole."partstructuresystemgroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo contain or embrace."Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members."partgroupstructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose, to constitute. See usage note below."A team is comprised of its members."partstructurelanguagegrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)"The basic art kit comprised paint, brushes, and paper, but students were welcome to add other materials like glitter or stencils. "partelementstructuretechnicallanguagewordbusinesslawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading