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constitute

[ kon-sti-toot, -tyoot ]

verb (used with object)

, con·sti·tut·ed, con·sti·tut·ing.
  1. to compose; form:

    mortar constituted of lime and sand.

  2. to appoint to an office or function; make or create:

    He was constituted treasurer.

  3. to establish (laws, an institution, etc.).

    Synonyms: commission, institute

  4. to give legal form to (an assembly, court, etc.).
  5. to create or be tantamount to:

    Imports constitute a challenge to local goods.

  6. Archaic. to set or place.


constitute

/ ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːt /

verb

  1. to make up; form; compose

    the people who constitute a jury

  2. to appoint to an office or function

    a legally constituted officer

  3. to set up (a school or other institution) formally; found
  4. law to give legal form to (a court, assembly, etc)
  5. obsolete.
    law to set up or enact (a law)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈconstiˌtuter, noun
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Other Words From

  • consti·tuter consti·tutor noun
  • non·consti·tuted adjective
  • pre·consti·tute verb (used with object) preconstituted preconstituting
  • self-consti·tuted adjective
  • self-consti·tuting adjective
  • un·consti·tuted adjective
  • well-consti·tuted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of constitute1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin constitūtus, past participle of constituere “to set up, found”; constituent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of constitute1

C15: from Latin constituere, from com- (intensive) + statuere to place
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Example Sentences

Once-tight siblings I know now feel distant and guarded, their worldviews suddenly so opposed that they can’t even agree on what constitutes a fact.

Besides, it’s not really on you to determine what constitutes damage in this case.

Rodriguez-Kennedy and Schumacher said they thought soliciting those desired appointments could constitute a Brown Act violation.

There may be Republicans who’d like to vote to convict if the vote were conducted in private, but it is almost certainly not a group that constitutes 31 of the 50 Republicans in the Senate.

A group of parents sued the West Ada teachers union, claiming that the walk-out constituted an illegal strike and that it caused undue emotional and financial stress on families.

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No longer does it constitute a reliable, middle class-based alternative to the corporatist mindset of the Republicans.

Kim Jung-un clearly recognizes that Hollywood and American popular culture in general constitute a dire threat.

The reviews in themselves constitute a demonstration of why the regime restricts the Internet.

Under that definition, forced kissing can certainly constitute as a form of sexual assault.

This will constitute a major victory for the forces of light, one very much worth marking and thinking back over.

We can thus disregard the first 16 and consider only the last two figures which constitute the fraction of a century.

Cherry-tree stems, under the name of agriots, constitute a specialty of Austrian manufacture.

In myelogenous leukemia myelocytes usually constitute more than 20 per cent.

The blessings of time and eternity constitute the part of the promise offered to believers, through Christ.

In the preceding chapter we have endeavoured to solve the question what are the qualities that constitute good tone.

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