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# comprise

«comprise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To be made up of certain parts; to consist of** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (comprise, comprises, comprised, comprising)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To be made up of certain parts; to consist of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#m1)

2) (formal) To make up or form a whole (this use is common but some people think it is wrong). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal exam and report word: "the class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls" means the class is made of them, so there are 27 children. Phrases: comprise of (disputed), be comprised of.

### examples

- The class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x1)
- The team comprises eleven players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x2)
- A week comprises seven days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x3)
- The house comprises three bedrooms and a kitchen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x4)
- The test comprised twenty questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x5)
- Water is comprised of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x6)
- The sword was the sword of Murakumo, one of the three sacred treasures which comprise the insignia of the Imperial House of Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x7)

### note

Strict rule: "comprises" without "of" (the whole comprises the parts). "Is comprised of" is common but criticised; "consists of" is safer. In maths, "comprises" lists the parts that add up to the whole: add them to find the total.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «comprise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.