comprises
Meaning of comprises
verb
- To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
The parts are comprised by the whole.
- To contain or embrace.
Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members.
- (sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
A team is comprised of its members.
- To 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.)
Information about comprises
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of comprises is: comprise.
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Hyphenation of comprises
com-prises
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- comprises is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
comprises synonyms
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Words that rhyme with comprises
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