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   Con·stit·u·ent

   /kənˈstiCHo͝oənt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. being a part of a whole: "the constituent minerals of the rock"
   • 2. being a voting member of a community or organization and having the power to appoint or elect: "the constituent body has a right of veto"
   • ▪ able to make or change a political constitution: "a constituent assembly"

   noun

   • 1. a member of a constituency. Similar voterelectormember of the electoratemember of a constituency
   • 2. a component part of something: "the essential constituents of the human diet" Similar componentcomponent partingredientelementpartpiecebitintegral partunitmodulefragmentsectionsegmentportionrare:integrant
   • ▪ the common part of two or several more complex forms, e.g., gentle in gentleman, gentlemanly, ungentlemanly.
   • ▪ a word or construction that is part of a larger construction.

   Word Origin late 15th century (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere (see constitute).

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   What does constituent mean?

   • The meaning of CONSTITUENT is a member of a constituency. How to use constituent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Constituent.

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   What are the constituent parts of a sentence?

   • The Congressman worked hard, always talking to his constituents and listening to their problems. constituent part Let's look at the constituent parts of this sentence. constituent element The process of breaking down food into its constituent elements begins. The fluid tended to separate into its constituent components.

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   What is a constituent element?

   • constituent element The process of breaking down food into its constituent elements begins. The bill is an attempt to resolve a major source of constituent complaints. He thought it was very important to answer constituent mail. The senator mails a newsletter to his constituents every two months. Oxygen is a constituent of air.

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   What is the difference between component and constituent?

   • component and constituent may designate any of the substances (whether elements or compounds) or the qualities that enter into the makeup of a complex product; component stresses its separate entity or distinguishable character. constituent stresses its essential and formative character.

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   Definitions of constituent. noun. 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. synonyms: component, element. see more. noun. an abstract part of something. “two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony”

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