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# comprise

verb (comprise, comprises, comprised, comprising)

«comprise» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) To be made up of certain parts; to consist of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#m1)
2. (formal) To make up or form a whole (this use is common but some people think it is wrong). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#m2)

### In the lessons

A formal exam and report word: "the class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls" means the class is made of them, so there are 27 children. Phrases: comprise of (disputed), be comprised of.

### Examples

- The class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x1)
- The team comprises eleven players. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x2)
- A week comprises seven days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x3)
- The house comprises three bedrooms and a kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x4)
- The test comprised twenty questions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x5)
- Water is comprised of hydrogen and oxygen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x6)
- The sword was the sword of Murakumo, one of the three sacred treasures which comprise the insignia of the Imperial House of Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/#x7)

### Note

Strict rule: "comprises" without "of" (the whole comprises the parts). "Is comprised of" is common but criticised; "consists of" is safer. In maths, "comprises" lists the parts that add up to the whole: add them to find the total.

## In Jewish tradition

A formal exam and report word: "the class comprises 15 boys and 12 girls" means the class is made of them, so there are 27 children. Phrases: comprise of (disputed), be comprised of.

### Examples

- Heaven was created from fire or ether; the earth (comprising sea and land) from the elementary water; and the atmospheric air from the elementary air, or spirit, which establishes the balance among them. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comprise/#x1)
- 7) Like Pythagoras, who taught that the digits inclusive number ten which are typified in Tetraktys, (Τετρακτὺς) namely: 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equal 10, and which comprise the whole arithmetical system of nature, etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comprise/#x2)

### Note

Strict rule: "comprises" without "of" (the whole comprises the parts). "Is comprised of" is common but criticised; "consists of" is safer. In maths, "comprises" lists the parts that add up to the whole: add them to find the total.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comprise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comprise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comprise» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comprise.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «comprise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/comprise/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comprise» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/comprise.html) on Mova free.