Definition of "comprising" []

• Present participle of comprise. (verb)

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• "Imams, a title comprising those who perform the service of the mosque on ordinary days, and those to whom pertain the ceremonies of circumcision, marriage, and burial; the Maazeens, or criers, who announce the hours of prayer; and the Cayuns, or common attendants of the mosque."
• "He then initiated a partnership with the Bauhaus to envision Geropolis, a dignified and thriving futuristic city of "elderly," which he defines as comprising people 40 and up."
• "It is a major piece of research looking at ways to strengthen and improve the UK's civic functions, which it defines as comprising the myriad clubs, organisations and bodies which full outside the state and commercial sectors."