verb · academic
comprise
/kəmˈpraɪz/com·PRISE
task1
to consist of; to be made up of (used to say what something contains as a whole)
Examples
“The survey comprises 1,200 respondents from urban and rural areas.”
“The committee comprises five members.”
“The dataset comprises four main categories.”
Band 8 sentence
“Overall, the population in the region comprises roughly 60% urban residents and 40% rural dwellers.”
Collocations
- comprise + noun (no 'of')
- comprise the sample / comprise five categories
Word family
comprise verbcomprises / comprised / comprising verb forms
Common mistakes
is comprised of five parts→comprises five parts / is composed of five parts
Say it for a higher band
5include→6consist of→7+comprise
Synonyms
consist of
be made up of
Easily confused
include
“The pie chart includes households from five income brackets.”
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