comprising

/kษ™mหˆpษนaษชzษชล‹/

IPA: /K AH0 M P R AY1 Z IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).

    โ€œThe parts are comprised by the whole.โ€

  2. 2

    To contain or embrace.

    โ€œOur committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members.โ€

  3. 3

    (sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.

    โ€œA team is comprised of its members.โ€

  4. 4

    To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprise, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/comprising