Definitions for comprises

comprises com·prise

Spelling: [kuh m-prahyz]
IPA: /kəmˈpraɪz/

Comprises is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 560 anagrams from letters in comprises (ceimoprss).

Definitions for comprises

Idioms

  1. be comprised of, to consist of; be composed of:

verb (used with object)

  1. to include or contain:
  2. to consist of; be composed of:
  3. to form or constitute:

Origin of comprises

1400-50; late Middle English comprisen Middle French compris (past participle of comprendre) Latin comprehēnsus; see comprehension

Examples for comprises

The address should comprise the street number, the city, and the state.

These three actors, Australian-bred and innately brooding, comprise the fabulously Hemsworth brothers.

The former are used for distant operations and comprise nine vessels.

But in California Hispanics comprise 23 percent of the electorate versus just over 12 percent nationally.

They seem to me to comprise a course, both going and returning.

Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict on that continent.

The brigade in the footage is said to comprise about 20 French nationals and 20 Belgians.

African Americans make up only 12 percent of the population but comprise 44 percent of HIV cases.

A few minor contusions and a scratch or so comprise all his hurts.

It seemed to comprise so thoroughly both the spirit and the letter of discipline.

Word Value for comprises
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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