Definitions of comprise [əmˈpraɪz]

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Definition of 'comprise'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) comprise
to include or contain:
The Soviet Union comprised several republics.

2. comprise
to consist of; be composed of:
The advisory board comprises six members.

3. comprise
to form or constitute:
Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities.

Definition of 'comprise'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) consist, comprise
be composed of
"The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?"

2. (verb) incorporate, contain, comprise
include or contain; have as a component
"A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's"

3. (verb) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
form or compose
"This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

Definition of 'comprise'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) comprise
to comprehend; to include

Translation of 'comprise'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to contain or consist of Her family comprises two sons and a daughter.
Afrikaans: behels, beslaan, bevat, i	Arabic: يَشْمَل، يَتَضَمَّن	Bulgarian: състоя се от
Brazilian: incluir	Czech: obsahovat, skládat se z	German: umfassen
Danish: bestå af; indeholde	Greek: περιλαμβάνω, αποτελούμαι	Spanish: comprender
Estonian: hõlmama	Farsi: متشکل بودن از	Finnish: koostua
French: comprendre	Hebrew: לִכלוֹל	Hindi: समाविष्ट करना, सम्मिलित क
Croatian: obuhvatiti, sadržavati, u	Hungarian: áll (vmiből)	Indonesian: mencakup, terdiri dari
Icelandic: samanstanda af	Italian: comprendere	Japanese: ～から成る
Korean: 포함하다	Lithuanian: susidėti iš, apimti	Latvian: ietvert; veidot; sastādīt
Malay: terdiri	Dutch: bestaan uit	Norwegian: inneholde, omfatte, bestå
Polish: zawierać, obejmować	Persian: متشکل بودن از	Pashto: شاملول، ګډول: درلودل لرل:
Portuguese: incluir	Romanian: a cuprinde	Russian: состоять из
Slovak: zahrnúť, skladať sa	Slovenian: vključevati	Serbian: činiti
Swedish: omfatta	Thai: ประกอบด้วย	Turkish: oluşmak, meydana gelmek
Taiwanese: 包括，由…所構成	Ukrainian: містити в собі, охоплюват	Urdu: مشتمل ہونا
Vietnamese: bao gồm	Chinese: 包括，构成
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