comprise

Definition

Examples

The committee comprises five members from different departments in the company.

Synonyms

• consist ofhaving a meaning similar to comprise
• includehave as a part, be made up out of
• encompassinclude in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory

Collocations

• Easy family comprises parents and two children
  describing family comprises parents and two children (a social unit living together)
• Medium product catalog comprises diverse functional office supplies
  describing product catalog comprises diverse functional office supplies (commodities offered for sale)
• Hard advisory council comprises distinguished constitutional law scholars
  describing advisory council comprises distinguished constitutional law scholars (an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat)
• Very Hard complex totality comprised of dialectically opposed forces
  describing complex totality comprised of dialectically opposed forces (a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts)