Entry Word: comprise

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to be made up of <the mall comprises three department stores and eighty smaller shops selling specialized goods>

Synonyms consist (of), contain

Related Words embrace, encompass, entail, include, involve, take in; assimilate, embody, incorporate

2 to be all the substance of <at the time, about 100,000 fighting men and women comprised our military force in that country> — see constitute 1