comprising
- 1Present participle and gerund of comprise.
The federation, comprising twelve member states, voted on the new treaty.
She described the archive as comprising rare manuscripts from three centuries.
Note
A participle that puts the whole first and its parts after: a federation comprising twelve states. That order is the safe one. The passive comprised of, as in a federation comprised of twelve states, is often proscribed, and consisting of says the same thing without the risk. In the language that defines an invention, the word sets out the minimum elements and leaves room for others beyond those named.
comprising 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
- Spelling
- comprise → comprising: drop the e, add -ing
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