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constitute
[ kon-sti-toot, -tyoot ]
verb (used with object)
- to compose; form:
mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- to appoint to an office or function; make or create:
He was constituted treasurer.
- to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).
Synonyms: commission, institute
- to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
- to create or be tantamount to:
Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.
- Archaic. to set or place.
constitute
/ ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt /
verb
- to make up; form; compose
the people who constitute a jury
- to appoint to an office or function
a legally constituted officer
- to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
- law to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)
- obsolete.law to set up or enact (a law)
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Derived Forms
- ˈconstiˌtuter, noun
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Other Words From
- consti·tuter consti·tutor noun
- non·consti·tuted adjective
- pre·consti·tute verb (used with object) preconstituted preconstituting
- self-consti·tuted adjective
- self-consti·tuting adjective
- un·consti·tuted adjective
- well-consti·tuted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of constitute1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
No longer does it constitute a reliable, middle class-based alternative to the corporatist mindset of the Republicans.
Kim Jung-un clearly recognizes that Hollywood and American popular culture in general constitute a dire threat.
The reviews in themselves constitute a demonstration of why the regime restricts the Internet.
Under that definition, forced kissing can certainly constitute as a form of sexual assault.
This will constitute a major victory for the forces of light, one very much worth marking and thinking back over.
We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.
Cherry-tree stems, under the name of agriots, constitute a specialty of Austrian manufacture.
In myelogenous leukemia myelocytes usually constitute more than 20 per cent.
The blessings of time and eternity constitute the part of the promise offered to believers, through Christ.
In the preceding chapter we have endeavoured to solve the question what are the qualities that constitute good tone.
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