constituent
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noun \-wənt, -ənt\Definition of CONSTITUENT
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: one who authorizes another to act as agent : principal
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: a member of a constituency
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: a structural unit of a definable syntactic, semantic, or phonological category that consists of one or more linguistic elements (as words, morphemes, or features) and that can occur as a component of a larger construction
See Examples of CONSTITUENT
- She's pledged to help her elderly constituents.
- Many senators have received calls from constituents who want them to vote in favor of the law.
- the chemical constituents of the liquid
Origin of CONSTITUENT
French constituant, from Middle French, from present participle of constituer to constitute, from Latin constituere
First Known Use: 1622
Related to CONSTITUENT
- Synonyms
- building block, component, element, factor, ingredient, member
- Antonyms
- whole
See Synonym Discussion at element
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2constituent
adjectiveDefinition of CONSTITUENT
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: serving to form, compose, or make up a unit or whole : component <constituent parts>
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: having the power to create a government or frame or amend a constitution <a constituent assembly>
— con·stit·u·ent·ly adverb
Examples of CONSTITUENT
- The company can be separated into several constituent parts.
Origin of CONSTITUENT
Latin constituent-, constituens, present participle of constituere
First Known Use: 1660
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