Usually means: Consists of; includes; contains; embodies; encompasses.
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  1. comprises: Merriam-Webster
  2. comprises: Collins English Dictionary
  3. comprises: Vocabulary.com
  4. Comprises, comprises: Wordnik
  5. comprises: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. comprises: Wiktionary
  7. comprises: Dictionary.com
  8. comprises: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. comprises: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. comprises: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (comprise)

verb:  (transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts).
verb:  (sometimes proscribed, usually in the passive) To compose; to constitute.
verb:  (patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.
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