CONSTITUTED Synonyms: 156 Similar and Opposite Words

constituted

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past tense of constitute

as in comprised

to be all the substance of nine players constitute a baseball team

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as in founded

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of a fund was constituted to help needy students attend the prep school

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as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty the legally constituted authorities with jurisdiction in this matter

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as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action charged with enforcing such regulations as are constituted by the government

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Recent Examples of constituted Nuclear energy constituted 9 percent of total consumption, with renewable sources also constituting 9 percent (of these renewable sources, 1 percent was geothermal, 13 percent solar, 9 percent hydroelectric, 18 percent wind, and 59 percent biomass). —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 African Americans constituted almost half the population, but they were largely prevented from voting before passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 and could not eat in local restaurants before passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. —

Jonathan Entin, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026 And as of yesterday, such claims constituted a winning argument against social media titans. —

Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 26 Mar. 2026 The judge also blocked Kennedy's 13 appointees from serving on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), finding the panel unlawfully constituted. —

Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026 One of my strongest convictions, prior to capitulating to Coffee Meets Bagel and Tinder, was that the means by which a couple met constituted a vital component of their love story. —

Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026 This constituted an average of 17 incidents per day, more than double the eight incidents per day calculated in 2022. —

Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026 The judge said naming the three people — Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox and Ari Fontecchio — to the role formerly held on an interim basis by Habba constituted yet another violation of the Appointments Clause of the Constitution, which requires Senate confirmation. —

ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026 When Scott Wiener, a progressive Democratic San Francisco state senator running for Nancy Pelosi’s congressional seat, was first asked whether Israel’s actions in Gaza constituted genocide, Wiener declined to answer. —

Jacki Karsh, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2026

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The group, comprised by series stars and real-life musicians William Lipton, Axel Ellis, Jeremy Yun, Zendé Murdock, and Jesse Golliher, is on tour through the end of June.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 3 Apr. 2026
The small and exceptionally passionate team that FRONT comprised approached its first edition in the same way.

— Michelle Grabner, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026