comprises
- 1Third-person singular simple present of comprise.
The committee comprises representatives from every department.
The novel comprises twelve interlinked stories told over a single summer.
Note
The form a singular subject takes, and it carries the verb's best-known trap. The whole comprises its parts, with no "of" after it: the album comprises ten songs. The passive "is comprised of," meaning "is made up of," draws steady criticism, so "consists of" or "is composed of" is the safer choice. In descriptions of inventions it is looser and means "includes at least these elements."
comprises 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 → comprises: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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