comprised
- 1Simple past and past participle of comprise.
The committee comprised representatives from each department.
The exhibit comprised more than two hundred paintings on loan.
Note
This form carries a usage quarrel. In the active it means consisted of: the committee comprised twelve members. In the passive, as in the committee was comprised of twelve members, it takes the sense 'composed, constituted', a construction many careful writers and editors reject. To avoid the dispute, keep the active, or use consisted of or was composed of.
The panel comprised three judges and a clerk.
The panel was comprised of three judges and a clerk.
comprised is a form of comprise
comprise, verb: To be made up of; to consist of, typically as a full listing of the parts that something contains. Full entry
- Forms
- comprisecomprises he/she/itcomprising -ing formcomprised past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- comprise → comprised: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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