comprise
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verb- 1.
(transitive)To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
Near-synonyms: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend
The whole comprises the parts.
The parts are comprised by the whole.
Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members.
Đồng nghĩa: subsume, contain, include, embrace, comprehend
- 2.
(passive, proscribed, sometimes, usually)(sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute.
Near-synonym: make up
The whole is comprised of the parts.
The parts comprise the whole.
1657, Isaac Barrow, Data (Euclid) (translation), Prop. XXX "Seeing then the angles comprised of equal right lines are equal, we have found the angle FDE equal to the angle ABC."
Đồng nghĩa: make up
- 3.
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
(close-ended)
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ine-pro From Middle English comprisen, from Old French compris, past participle of comprendre, from Latin comprehendere, contr. comprendere, past participle comprehensus (to comprehend); see comprehend. Compare apprise, reprise, surprise.