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Can you give examples on using the word "comprise"?

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Question added by Mariam Eid , Marketing and Communications Manager , Executive Solutions
Date Posted: 2015/06/10
Suleman Al-Tamari
by Suleman Al-Tamari , English Teacher , Government sector

 To be composed of or contain: The staff comprises eight physicians, two dozen nurses, and various administrative people.

Usage Problem To compose; make up; constitute: the countries and territories that comprised the British Empire.

To constitute the whole of; consist of: her singing comprised the entertainment.

 to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several republics.  to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members.

 

 to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities. you can check this link for more details, http://www.thefreedictionary.com/comprise

Khaled Belgacem
by Khaled Belgacem , Teacher of English , Pioneer High School Gafsa

  The park comprises over700 acres of parkland, lakes and woodland.

 

  The population is known to comprise a mixture of races.

 

  The library comprises over a million volumes and3000 current periodical subscriptions.

Nader Haidar
by Nader Haidar , Official IELTS Instructor , IDP IELTS LEBANON

This public school comprises students from all walks of life.

The exercise comprises different techniques and approaches to the language learning 

Pushpa Raghavan
by Pushpa Raghavan , Trainer, IELTS, PTE, Employability and communication skills training , Credo Visas (A division of Credo Careers Pvt. Ltd)

Hyderabad comprises monuments, massive modern commercial structures and residential buildings.

Toufiq Alam
by Toufiq Alam , ESL Teacher , Ardents' Language School

1. The committee is comprised of three students and a teacher.

2.  His whole friend circle is comprised of only the two life long neighbours.

Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash
by Mohamed Magdy Ahmed El Demerdash , Internal Auditor, Quality Assurance Department , Giza Cable Industries

the company comprises twenty departments.

ismail Elouatik
by ismail Elouatik , Affiliate marketer , Clickbank

The  laptop  comprises/contains/consist   from  four USB  port

أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل
by أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل , accounting manager , chapatti Indian Restaurant

i agree with what my colleagues said they had given some great examples  

ahmed abdallah
by ahmed abdallah , Language Instructor , King Saud University

verb (used with object)com·prised, com·pris·ing.1. to include or contain: The Soviet Union comprised several socialist republics. 2. to consist of; be composed of: The advisory board comprises six members. 3. to form or constitute: Seminars and lectures comprised the day's activities.   http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/comprise?s=t

Dr Yasmeen Majeed
by Dr Yasmeen Majeed , Trainer and HOD

The country comprises of ten states.

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