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comprising

/kəmˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/

comprising is the present participle and gerund of comprise.

Meaning of comprise

Verb

comprise (third-person singular simple present comprises, present participle comprising, simple past and past participle comprised)

  1. (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
    • Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend
  2. (passive, proscribed, sometimes, usually) To compose; to constitute.
    • Near-synonym: make up
    Synonyms:
    make up, form
  3. To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
    • (close-ended)

Questions about comprising

What is comprising the present participle and gerund of?
Comprising is the present participle and gerund of comprise.
How do you pronounce comprising?
Comprising is pronounced /kəmˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/.

Words near comprising in the dictionary

  1. comprise
  2. comprised
  3. comprises
  4. comprisest
  5. compriseth
  6. comprising
  7. comprizable
  8. comprizal
  9. comprizals
  10. comprize
  11. comprized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comprising (page history and authors); comprise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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