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constituent
[ kuhn-stich-oo-uhnt ]
adjective
- serving to compose or make up a thing; component:
the constituent parts of a motor.
- having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power:
a constituent assembly.
noun
- an element, material, etc. that is part of something else; component.
- a person who authorizes another to act on their behalf, such as a voter in a district represented by an elected official.
- Grammar. an element considered as part of a construction. Compare immediate constituent, ultimate constituent.
constituent
/ kənˈstɪtjʊənt /
adjective
- forming part of a whole; component
- having the power to frame a constitution or to constitute a government (esp in the phrases constituent assembly, constituent power )
- rare.electing or having the power to elect
noun
- a component part; ingredient
- a resident of a constituency, esp one entitled to vote
- law a person who appoints another to act for him, as by power of attorney
- linguistics a word, phrase, or clause forming a part of a larger construction Compare immediate constituent ultimate constituent
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Derived Forms
- conˈstituently, adverb
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Other Words From
- con·stitu·ent·ly adverb
- noncon·stitu·ent adjective noun
- precon·stitu·ent noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
But the tide was turning on this issue, an email from another constituent made clear.
But he is saying something simple: Nations, institutions, companies, and so on do not act; their constituent individuals do.
He described talking to a constituent who asked if “they are going to put those immigrants in the FEMA camps.”
Is this the future of elected official-constituent communications?
The media is a critical link in the chain that connects constituent to representative to lasting social change.
Carbon is the largest constituent of plants, and forms, in round numbers, about 50 per cent of their weight when dry.
Silica is an invariable constituent of the ash, but in most plants occurs but in small quantity.
The other essential constituent of the Catacombs, besides the galleries already described, consists of the cubicula.
It requires no strain of the imagination to admit the existence of a new constituent of the atmosphere.
After nearly three years of strenuous effort, the Constituent Assembly had come to an end.
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