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What (who) is Comprise - definition
comprise
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
(comprises, comprising, comprised)
1.
If you say that something comprises or is comprised of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members. (FORMAL)
The special cabinet committee comprises Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw...
The task force is comprised of congressional leaders, cabinet heads and administration officials...
A crowd comprised of the wives and children of scientists staged a demonstration.
VERB: V n, be V-ed of n, V-ed
2.
The things or people that comprise something are the parts or members that form it. (FORMAL)
Women comprise 44% of hospital medical staff.
= form, make up
VERB: V n
comprise
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
¦ verb consist of; be made up of.
?(also be comprised of) make up; constitute.
Origin
ME: from Fr., 'comprised', feminine past participle of comprendre (see comprehend).
Usage
According to traditional usage, comprise means 'consist of' and should not be used to mean 'constitute or make up (a whole)'. However, a passive use of comprise is fast becoming part of standard English: this use (as in the country is comprised of twenty states) is more or less synonymous with the traditional active sense (as in the country comprises twenty states).
Examples of use of Comprise
1. Their descendants comprise 2.5% of Finlands Muslims.
2. Civilian policemen comprise 55 members of the force.
3. Today some 6,000 Serbs comprise the largest element.
4. Mobile handsets comprise one fifth of Finland‘s exports to Russia.
5. Both communities, the report stated, comprise 80% of world Jewry.