meaning of comprised of
Comprised of is an expression in English: X is comprised of. Y means that X is composed or made up of Y. Its use has been disparaged by language professionals, although it is common in writing and speech.reatments of this topic nearly always mistakenly speak of is composed of and is comprised of as passives. They aren't. Compose in its musical/literary sense does have a passive (The Moonlight Sonata was composed by Beethoven), but the part/whole sense doesn't. Nobody says *Brass is composed by copper and zinc.