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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

Lorena Gonzalez, president of California Labor Federation, said Regan’s union is overwhelmingly comprised of women and women of color, who just reelected him to a position he’s held for 16 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

The flesh of this movie is its body, comprised of nebulous ideas.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Trump Media’s first-ever earnings call on Monday, Interim Chief Executive Kevin McGurn said the early sign-ups comprised primarily high-frequency trading firms paying between $60,000 and $100,000 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The expedition comprised 10 people -- including Purja, five Nepalis, a Pakistani, an Omani, an American, and a climber from China.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

The group with homes, investments, and other assets worth more than $10 million comprised 338,400 households in 2001, the last year for which data are available.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times