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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).

v. To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.

v. To include, contain or embrace, but not implying an exhaustive list.

v. To comprehend; to include.

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.

v. be composed of

v. include or contain; have as a component

v. form or compose

"I like a man who knows how to use the word comprise correctly."

comprised    comprises    comprising   

be    include   

comprehensive   

constitute    fall into    form    range    straddle    pose    present    fall under    supplement    compose   

inclose    encircle    contain    imply    involve    embrace    comprehend    include   

Ais    Allies    Guise    Guys    Lise    Marseilles    Thais    Wise    advise    ais