comprised

[kuhm-prahyzd]

adjective

1. included or contained.

   His write-up of the cancer experiment details the characteristics of all five cohorts and the comprised biopsy reports.

2. formed, put together, or constituted; made up of a number of different parts or individuals.

   These issues are to be addressed by the president of the college in consultation with the newly comprised committee.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of comprise.

Word History and Origins

Origin of comprised¹

comprise ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. be comprised of. comprise.

Example Sentences

Eight of the nine men named in Friday’s purge announcement, including He and Miao, were members of the Central Committee, which comprised 376 full members and nonvoting alternates when its current term started in 2022.

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The image below, comprised of satellite photos captured by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, shows the state from space on Sunday, left and again on Thursday, right.

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"More of the component comprised of shares and other instruments can now be deferred, which helps promote responsible risk-taking," the statement added.

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If the fund industry’s equivalent to a leading man is a growth fund comprised of stocks with large market capitalizations, an active ETF would be a character actor with a raspy voice.

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While Stanford became wealthy and famous, most work was done by tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants who comprised 90% of the workforce building the Western portion.

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