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• past tense form of comprise.
• past participle of comprise.

comprised

American  

[kuhm-prahyzd] / kəmˈpraɪzd /

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.

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verb

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

idioms

1. be comprised of. comprise.

Etymology

Origin of comprised

comprise ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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comprised

In the most recent fiscal year, he said, Medi-Cal patients comprised 26% of 336,600 inpatient days and 34% of 156,000 emergency department visits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

The transaction comprised $1.25 billion of five-year sukuk maturing in 2031 and $2 billion of 10-year notes due in 2036.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

If horror is “flesh and fluids,” then the flesh of this movie is a body comprised of nebulous ideas.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

According to data from Circana, they comprised 1.6% of women’s total footwear sales for the 12 months ending in June; that was a bit up from 1.4% a year ago.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Part of the answer is that civil rights organizations—like all institutions—are comprised of fallible human beings.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander