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Comprised

/kəmˈpɹaɪzd/

To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).

📖 Definitions of "Comprised"

verb

1
To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
"The parts are comprised by the whole."
2
To contain or embrace.
"Our committee comprises a president, secretary, treasurer and five other members."
3
(sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose, to constitute. See usage note below.
"A team is comprised of its members."
4
To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential, to define an invention. ("Open-ended", doesn't limit to the items listed; cf. compose, which is "closed" and limits to the items listed.)

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
comprehensionnoun	A thorough understanding.
accountedverb	To provide explanation.
aggregateverb	(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
amountedverb	(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
appointed	(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
assembledverb	formed by fitting or joining components together
beenverb	(Southern US or African-American Vernacular) remote past form of be.
broughtverb	(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
composeverb	(transitive or intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.
composedverb	Showing composure.
compositeverb	A mixture of different components.
compositionnoun	A work of music, literature or art.
compoundverb	(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
compoundedverb	Compound; composite; resulting from the interaction and combination of multiple parts.
compoundsnoun	Anything made by combining several things.
consistverb	(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
consistedverb	(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
consistingverb	(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
consistsverb	(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.
constituentnoun	A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.