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Can you give examples on using the word "comprise"?

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Question added by Mariam Eid , Marketing and Communications Manager , Executive Solutions
Date Posted: 2015/06/10
Suleman Al-Tamari
by Suleman Al-Tamari , English Teacher , Government sector

 To be composed of or contain: The staff comprises eight physicians, two dozen nurses, and various administrative people.

Usage Problem To compose; make up; constitute: the countries and territories that comprised the British Empire.

To constitute the whole of; consist of: her singing comprised the entertainment.

 to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several republics.  to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members.

 

 to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities. you can check this link for more details, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprise

Khaled Belgacem
by Khaled Belgacem , Teacher of English , Pioneer High School Gafsa

  The park comprises over700 acres of parkland, lakes and woodland.

 

  The population is known to comprise a mixture of races.

 

  The library comprises over a million volumes and3000 current periodical subscriptions.

Nader Haidar
by Nader Haidar , Official IELTS Instructor , IDP IELTS LEBANON

This public school comprises students from all walks of life.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

The exercise comprises different techniques and approaches to the language learning 

Pushpa Raghavan
by Pushpa Raghavan , Trainer, IELTS, PTE, Employability and communication skills training , Credo Visas (A division of Credo Careers Pvt. Ltd)

Hyderabad comprises monuments, massive modern commercial structures and residential buildings.

Toufiq Alam
by Toufiq Alam , ESL Teacher , Ardents' Language School

1. The committee is comprised of three students and a teacher.

2.  His whole friend circle is comprised of only the two life long neighbours.

Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash
by Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash , Internal Auditor, Quality Assurance Department , Giza Cable Industries

the company comprises twenty departments.

ismail Elouatik
by ismail Elouatik , Affiliate marketer , Clickbank

The  laptop  comprises/contains/consist   from  four USB  port

أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل
by أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل , accounting manager , chapatti Indian Restaurant

i agree with what my colleagues said they had given some great examples  

ahmed abdallah
by ahmed abdallah , Language Instructor , King Saud University

verb (used with object)com·prised, com·pris·ing.1. to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics. 2. to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members. 3. to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities.   http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/comprise?s=t

Dr Yasmeen Majeed
by Dr Yasmeen Majeed , Trainer and HOD

The country comprises of ten states.

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