adj
Meaning 1
Being a part or component of a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
constituent
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adj
Meaning 2
Constitutive or constituting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Constitutive or constituting.
Authorized to make a constitution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, law, politics
Examples
- the Constituent Assembly
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A part, or component of a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, politics
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noun
Meaning 8
One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 9
A functional element of a phrase or clause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- spare components for cars
- a component or constituent element of a system
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: component, element
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, portion
Narrower terms: accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on, addition, improver, audio, auto part, car part, crystal, hardware, computer hardware, heating element, ingredient, input, landside, making, module, pixel, pel, picture element, retrofit, spare part, spare, spark gap
noun
Meaning 11
an abstract part of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- jealousy was a component of his character
- two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony
- the grammatical elements of a sentence
- a key factor in her success
- humor: an effective ingredient of a speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: component, element, factor, ingredient
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: part, section, division
Narrower terms: be-all and end-all, be all and end all, plot element, point
noun
Meaning 12
(grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grammatical constituent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: syntagma, syntagm
Narrower terms: subject, object, ablative absolute, immediate constituent, construction, grammatical construction, expression, misconstruction, term
noun
Meaning 13
a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: voter, elector
noun
Meaning 14
something determined in relation to something that includes it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself
- I read a portion of the manuscript
- the smaller component is hard to reach
- the animal constituent of plankton
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: part, portion, component part, component
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relation
Narrower terms: substance, language unit, linguistic unit, item, point, butt, basis, base, detail, particular, unit, member, remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, subpart
History
Etymology
From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“to establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuō (“to set, place, establish”).
Across languages
Translations
99 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: բաղադրիչ (baġadričʻ) — being a part, or component of a whole
- Bulgarian: съставен от (sǎstaven ot) — being a part, or component of a whole
- Catalan: constituent — being a part, or component of a whole
- Chinese Mandarin: 成分 (chéngfèn) — being a part, or component of a whole
- Finnish: aineksena oleva — being a part, or component of a whole
- French: constituant — being a part, or component of a whole
- Galician: constituínte — being a part, or component of a whole
- German: ausmachend — being a part, or component of a whole
- German: fest — being a part, or component of a whole
- German: Bestand- — being a part, or component of a whole
- Hungarian: alkotó — being a part, or component of a whole
- Hungarian: összetevő — being a part, or component of a whole
- Italian: costituente — being a part, or component of a whole
- Norwegian Bokmål: konstituerende — being a part, or component of a whole
- Norwegian Nynorsk: konstituerande — being a part, or component of a whole
- Polish: składowy — being a part, or component of a whole
- Portuguese: constituinte — being a part, or component of a whole
- Swedish: ingående — being a part, or component of a whole
- Bulgarian: учредителен (učreditelen) — authorized to make a constitution
- Catalan: constituent — authorized to make a constitution
- Finnish: perustuslakia säätävä — authorized to make a constitution
- French: constituant — authorized to make a constitution
- German: verfassunggebend — authorized to make a constitution
- German: satzungsgebend — authorized to make a constitution
- German: konstituierend — authorized to make a constitution
- Hungarian: alkotmányozó — authorized to make a constitution
- Italian: costituente — authorized to make a constitution
- Polish: ustawodawczy — authorized to make a constitution
- Portuguese: constituinte — authorized to make a constitution
- Spanish: constituyente — authorized to make a constitution
- Swedish: konstituerande — authorized to make a constitution
- Arabic: مُكَوِّن (mukawwin) — part, or component of a whole
- Armenian: բաղադրիչ (baġadričʻ) — part, or component of a whole
- Bulgarian: съставна част (sǎstavna čast) — part, or component of a whole
- Catalan: component — part, or component of a whole
- Czech: složka — part, or component of a whole
- Danish: bestanddel — part, or component of a whole
- Dutch: bestanddeel — part, or component of a whole
- Finnish: aineosa — part, or component of a whole
- Finnish: ainesosa — part, or component of a whole
- Finnish: rakenneosa — part, or component of a whole
- French: composant — part, or component of a whole
- Georgian: შემადგენელი ნაწილი (šemadgeneli nac̣ili) — part, or component of a whole
- German: Bestandteil — part, or component of a whole
- German: formbildender Bestandteil — part, or component of a whole
- Hebrew: מרכיב (markiv) — part, or component of a whole
- Hungarian: összetevő — part, or component of a whole
- Hungarian: alkotóelem — part, or component of a whole
- Hungarian: alkotórész — part, or component of a whole
- Indonesian: konstituen — part, or component of a whole
- Italian: elemento — part, or component of a whole
- Italian: costitutivo — part, or component of a whole
- Malay: juzuk — part, or component of a whole
- Norwegian Bokmål: bestanddel — part, or component of a whole
- Polish: składnik — part, or component of a whole
- Portuguese: constituinte — part, or component of a whole
- Romanian: constituent — part, or component of a whole
- Romanian: component — part, or component of a whole
- Russian: соста́вная часть (sostávnaja častʹ) — part, or component of a whole
- Spanish: constituyente — part, or component of a whole
- Swedish: beståndsdel — part, or component of a whole
- Bulgarian: избирател (izbiratel) — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Catalan: elector — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Finnish: äänestäjä — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- French: électeur — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- French: administré — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- French: commettant — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Georgian: ამომრჩეველი (amomrčeveli) — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- German: Wahlkreisbewohner — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- German: Wahlkreisbewohnerin — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Hungarian: választó — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Hungarian: választópolgár — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Indonesian: konstituen — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Italian: elettore — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Polish: wyborca — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Polish: wyborczyni — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Polish: elektor — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Russian: избира́тель (izbirátelʹ) — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Spanish: elector — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Spanish: votante — resident of a place represented by an elected official
- Finnish: lauseenjäsen — functional element of a phrase or clause
- French: constituant — functional element of a phrase or clause
- German: Konstituente — functional element of a phrase or clause
- German: Bestandteil — functional element of a phrase or clause
- German: sprachliche Einheit — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Hungarian: összetevő — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Hungarian: konstituens — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Indonesian: konstituen — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Italian: elemento — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Japanese: 構成素 — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Malay: unsur — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Mongolian: бүрэлдүүлэгч бүрдүүлбэр (büreldüülegč bürdüülber) — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Polish: element — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Portuguese: constituinte — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Russian: составля́ющая (sostavljájuščaja) — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Spanish: constituyente — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Swahili: kiambajengo — functional element of a phrase or clause
- Swedish: konstituent — functional element of a phrase or clause
- German: Satzglied — functional element of a phrase or clause
Real reading context