Past tense of comprise
regular verb
The past tense of comprise is comprised. The past participle is also comprised.
Forms of comprise
| Base form (V1) | comprise /kəmˈpɹaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | comprised /kəmˈpɹaɪzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | comprised /kəmˈpɹaɪzd/ |
| Present participle | comprising /kəmˈpɹaɪzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | comprises /kəmˈpɹaɪzɪz/ |
Comprised in a sentence
- The parts are comprised by the whole.
- The whole is comprised of the parts.
- The Venetian quadrilateral comprised Mantua, Peschiera, Verona, and Legnano.From the entry quadrilateral
- They comprised a number of Greeks from Istanbul, and a number of grecicized Romanians.2014, Andreas Kappeler, The Russian Empire: a Multi-Ethnic History. From the entry grecicize
- Three of the four remaining populations were found on cliffs and comprised only a few individuals.2010, Hong De-Yuan, Peonies of the World: Taxonomy and Phytogeography, Kew Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 92. From the entry Zhuxi
Meaning of comprise
- verb To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
- verb To compose; to constitute.
- verb To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
Questions about the past tense of comprise
- What is the past tense of comprise?
- The past tense of comprise is comprised.
- What is the past participle of comprise?
- The past participle of comprise is comprised.
- Is comprise a regular or irregular verb?
- Comprise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: comprise (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of comprise.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/comprise. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.