constituent
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.
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.
Origin of constituent
1synonym study For constituent
Other words from constituent
- con·stit·u·ent·ly, adverb
- non·con·stit·u·ent, adjective, noun
- pre·con·stit·u·ent, noun
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How to use constituent in a sentence
The researchers first identified counties in six states that adopted more universal mail-in voting procedures from 1992 to 2018, namely mailing all constituents a ballot before Election Day and limiting or eliminating in-person voting.
Mandatory mail-in voting hurts neither Democratic nor Republican candidates | Sujata Gupta | August 26, 2020 | Science NewsThe house of cards had already begun crumbling and the world’s largest country eventually dissolved into more than a dozen constituent states in 1991.
Desmond said his goal with the podcast is to bring on a variety of perspectives so that his constituents have “more insight and information” about the current health crisis.
Supervisor by Day, But a COVID-19 Skeptic on the Airwaves | Katy Stegall | August 20, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoEventually, gravity causes the cloud’s constituents to clump together.
However, this year Jones has the endorsement of every other Democrat who ran in 2018, and she’s taken aim at Tlaib’s sometimes-controversial national profile as a member of “The Squad,” claiming Tlaib is prioritizing celebrity over her constituents.
What You Need To Know About Today’s Elections In Kansas, Michigan And Missouri | Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 4, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
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.
A Challenge to New Media Moguls Pierre Omidyar and Jeff Bezos | Alexander Busansky | November 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCarbon is the largest constituent of plants, and forms, in round numbers, about 50 per cent of their weight when dry.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonSilica is an invariable constituent of the ash, but in most plants occurs but in small quantity.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry | Thomas AndersonThe other essential constituent of the Catacombs, besides the galleries already described, consists of the cubicula.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowIt requires no strain of the imagination to admit the existence of a new constituent of the atmosphere.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisAfter nearly three years of strenuous effort, the constituent Assembly had come to an end.
The Light That Lures | Percy Brebner
British Dictionary definitions for constituent
/ (kənˈstɪtjʊənt) /
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
a component part; ingredient
a resident of a constituency, esp one entitled to vote
mainly 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
Origin of constituent
1Derived forms of constituent
- constituently, adverb
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