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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 process, McElwee creates a patchwork tapestry, comprised of vignettes across time.

From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026

Imax 70mm comprised about 4% of that total, with Imax digital making up the rest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

The chart below shows the share of each country’s equity benchmark comprised of its 10 largest companies, with data that are accurate as of June 15.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

As Jensen noted Monday, “Quantinuum envisions a hybrid compute world” comprised of CPUs, GPUs, and quantum processors, “with quantum computing as the foundational layer.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

His hypnotic drum beats may have sounded repetitive but were in fact comprised of endlessly modifying patterns.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall