Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to comprise
Participle: comprised
Gerund: comprising
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | comprise |
| you | comprise |
| he;she;it | comprises |
| we | comprise |
| you | comprise |
| they | comprise |
Perfect
| I | have comprised |
| you | have comprised |
| he;she;it | has comprised |
| we | have comprised |
| you | have comprised |
| they | have comprised |
Past
| I | comprised |
| you | comprised |
| he;she;it | comprised |
| we | comprised |
| you | comprised |
| they | comprised |
Pluperfect
| I | had comprised |
| you | had comprised |
| he;she;it | had comprised |
| we | had comprised |
| you | had comprised |
| they | had comprised |
Future
| I | will comprise |
| you | will comprise |
| he;she;it | will comprise |
| we | will comprise |
| you | will comprise |
| they | will comprise |
Future Perfect
| I | will have comprised |
| you | will have comprised |
| he;she;it | will have comprised |
| we | will have comprised |
| you | will have comprised |
| they | will have comprised |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | comprise |
| you | comprise |
| he;she;it | comprise |
| we | comprise |
| you | comprise |
| they | comprise |
Perfect
| I | have comprised |
| you | have comprised |
| he;she;it | have comprised |
| we | have comprised |
| you | have comprised |
| they | have comprised |
Imperfect
| I | comprised |
| you | comprised |
| he;she;it | comprised |
| we | comprised |
| you | comprised |
| they | comprised |
Pluperfect
| I | had comprised |
| you | had comprised |
| he;she;it | had comprised |
| we | had comprised |
| you | had comprised |
| they | had comprised |
Conditional
Present
| I | would comprise |
| you | would comprise |
| he;she;it | would comprise |
| we | would comprise |
| you | would comprise |
| they | would comprise |
Perfect
| I | would have comprised |
| you | would have comprised |
| he;she;it | would have comprised |
| we | would have comprised |
| you | would have comprised |
| they | would have comprised |
Imperative
| you | comprise |
| we | Let's comprise |
| you | comprise |
Verbs conjugated like 'comprise'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'comprise'
comprize,
compense,
compile,
complish,
compose,
compress,
comprint,
compromise,
compulse,
emprise,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1423, from O.Fr.
compris, pp. of
comprendre "to contain, comprise," from L.
comprehendere (see comprehend).
2. 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. See: Latin '
comprehendere'.
Sample Sentences
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(American Notes for General Circulation)
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We rested but one day at Cincinnati, and then resumed our journey to Sandusky. As it comprised two varieties of stage-coach travelling, which, with those I have already glanced at, comprehend the main characteristics of this mode of transit in America, I will take the reader as our [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] prevailed in New England a century ago, and which are still preserved in some very retired and unsophisticated parts, where there are no railroads. As nearly as could be expressed, they could be comprised in very few words: to teach them to mind when they were spoken to; to teach them the catechism, sewing, and reading; and to whip them if they told lies. And though, of course, in the flood of light [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)