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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Shortly after the war began in late February, Chief Financial Officer Harmit Singh said the Middle East comprised less than 1% of Levi’s total business.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

U.S. stocks comprised the largest share of foreign investors’ U.S. holdings—$19.86 trillion—as of June 2025, versus $16.878 trillion a year earlier.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

Fully-electric cars comprised 23% of all cars sold and plug-in hybrid models accounted for 25%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Despite recent efforts to locate the title in the twentieth century, they comprised, by any informed and fair-minded standard, the greatest generation of political talent in American history.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis