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constituent

  • adjective
  • /kənˈstɪtjuənt/

Being a part or component of a whole.

Other meanings

  1. Constitutive or constituting.

  2. Authorized to make a constitution.

Related words

  • biconstituent
  • bioconstituent
  • constituently
  • macroconstituent
  • microconstituent
  • multiconstituent
  • nonconstituent
  • phytoconstituent
  • subconstituent

Example sentences

  • “Do they represent their constituents?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "cōnstituēns".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “constituent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.