CONSTITUTES Synonyms: 154 Similar and Opposite Words

constitutes

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present tense third-person singular of constitute

as in comprises

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

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as in establishes

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 appoints

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 enacts

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 constitutes At a recent town hall, that concern was raised directly, The Phoenix reported, with some alumni and community members questioning whether removing Trotter’s name constitutes revisionism. —

Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026 On Friday, Lipa filed a lawsuit against Samsung for using her image on some of its TV boxes, alleging that its use constitutes copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and a violation of her right of publicity. —

Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 11 May 2026 And beyond that, how do football’s lawmakers go about defining what constitutes a foul at a set piece? —

Phil Hay, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Except where prohibited, acceptance of Prize constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and Prize Provider’s use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown, and state for promotional purposes in any media without further payment of consideration. —

AJC.com, 10 May 2026 In the crucible that is the NBA postseason, that constitutes playing with fire. —

Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2026 Repeated over the course of the year, this constitutes the overall framework of annoyances that is costing Americans big, both in money and time. —

Becca Stanek, TheWeek, 7 May 2026 Although the deployment is underway, a significant gap persists between the personnel currently deployed and the authorized ceiling—a gap that constitutes the primary operational challenge at this stage, the Dominican Republic’s representative, Amb. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 Technical definitions vary about what constitutes a global recession, but the gist is a period of sluggish or negative economic growth. —

Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026

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Co-founded in 1986 by philanthropist and child health advocate Dame Elisabeth Murdoch and pediatrician and genetics pioneer Professor David Danks, MCRI comprises 1,800 scientists, researchers and clinicians.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
As inference increasingly comprises a larger portion of total AI compute spending, the pressure on Nvidia’s pricing power in that sector will intensify.

— Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026