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constipate |
constipated |
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constituency |
constituent
| constitute
| constituted
| constituter
| constitution
| constitution of the united states
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constituent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun constituent has 5 senses
- constituent(n = noun.artifact) component, element - an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system; "spare components for cars"; "a component or constituent element of a system" has particulars: accessory, add-on, appurtenance, supplement, add-on, addition, improver, audio, auto part, car part, crystal, computer hardware, hardware, heating element, ingredient, input, landside, making, module, pel, picture element, pixel, retrofit, spare, spare part, spark gap
- constituent(n = noun.person) Array - a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected" is a member of constituency
- constituent(n = noun.linkdef) component, component part, part, portion - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" has particulars: substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, base, basis, detail, item, particular, unit, member, balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart
- constituent(n = noun.communication) grammatical constituent - (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction; Array is a part of sentence
- constituent(n = noun.cognition) component, element, factor, ingredient - an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" has particulars: be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
is a kind of part, portion
Derived form verb constitute3
is a kind of elector, voter
is a kind of relation
is a part of meronymy, part to whole relation
has particulars: subject, object, ablative absolute, immediate constituent, construction, expression, grammatical construction, misconstruction, term
is a kind of syntagm, syntagma
is a kind of division, part, section
Adjective constituent has 1 sense
- constituent(s = adj.all) constitutional, constitutive, organic - constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup); Array Derived form verb constitute1
CIDE DICTIONARY
constituent, a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See Constitute.].
- Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component. [1913 Webster]"Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man." [1913 Webster]
- Having the power of electing or appointing. [1913 Webster]"A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body." [1913 Webster]
constituent, n.
- The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs. [1913 Webster]"Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance." [1913 Webster]
- That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element. [1913 Webster]"We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water." [1913 Webster]
- One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to
representative . [1913 Webster]"The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents." [1913 Webster]"To appeal from the representatives to the constituents." [1913 Webster] - A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. Burrill. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
constituent, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 composing or helping to make up a whole.
2 able to make or change a (political etc.) constitution (constituent assembly).
3 appointing or electing.
--n.
1 a member of a constituency (esp. political).
2 a component part.
3 Law a person who appoints another as agent.
--adj.
1 composing or helping to make up a whole.
2 able to make or change a (political etc.) constitution (constituent assembly).
3 appointing or electing.
--n.
1 a member of a constituency (esp. political).
2 a component part.
3 Law a person who appoints another as agent.
Etymology
L constituent- partly through F -ant (as constitute)
THESAURUS
constituent
ab ovo, adjunct, adoptive, air, appointive, appurtenance, aspect, atom, atomic particles, basal, basic, brute matter, building block, census, chemical element, choosing, choosy, circumstance, component, composition, constituents, constitutive, content, contents, detail, discriminating, division, divisions, earth, eclectic, elective, electoral, element, elemental, elementary, elementary particle, elementary unit, elements, essential, factor, feature, fire, fixings, formative, fraction, fundamental, fundamental particle, gut, guts, hyle, hypostasis, index, ingredient, ingredients, innards, insides, integral, integrant, inventory, item, items, list, makings, material, material world, materiality, matter, molecule, monad, natural world, nature, of the essence, original, part, part and parcel, particular, parts, physical world, plenum, portion, primal, primary, primitive, radical, selecting, selective, specialty, stuff, substance, substantial, substantive, substratum, the four elements, underlying, unit of being, water, wholeROGET THESAURUS
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Component
N component, component part, integral part, integrant part, element, constituent, ingredient, leaven, part and parcel, contents, appurtenance, feature, member, personnel, forming, inclusive.
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