(~s, comprising, ~d)
1.
If you say that something ~s or is ~d of a number of things or people, you mean it has them as its parts or members. (FORMAL)
The special cabinet committee ~s Mr Brown, Mr Mandelson, and Mr Straw...
The task force is ~d of congressional leaders, cabinet heads and administration officials...
A crowd ~d of the wives and children of scientists staged a demonstration.
VERB: V n, be V-ed of n, V-ed
2.
The things or people that ~ something are the parts or members that form it. (FORMAL)
Women ~ 44% of hospital medical staff.
= form, make up
VERB: V n