Constituent

//kənˈstɪtjuənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being a part or component of a whole. not-comparable

    "Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man."

  2. 2
    Constitutive or constituting. not-comparable

    "The skeleton varies in the proportions, and even to a certain extent in the connexions, of its constituent bones."

  3. 3
    Constitutive or constituting.; Authorized to make a constitution. not-comparable

    "the Constituent Assembly"

Adjective
  1. 1
    constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup) wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A part, or component of a whole.

    "We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water."

  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.

    "whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes."

  4. 4
    an abstract part of something wordnet
  5. 5
    A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.

    "The candidate himself, the son and heir of a peer, feels that he is truly of the same flesh and blood as his constituents; how amiably he smiles!—how bland are his manners!—and with what cordiality does he shake hands with the greasiest and the worst!"

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  1. 6
    (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction wordnet
  2. 7
    A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.

    "But he [Joe Biden] believes that non-college-educated voters, the neglected constituents he wants to take back from the Republicans, hardly know about the big bills emanating from Washington with banal names."

  3. 8
    a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes wordnet
  4. 9
    One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
  5. 10
    something determined in relation to something that includes it wordnet
  6. 11
    A functional element of a phrase or clause.

    "Thus, the postulation of a Noun Phrase constituent is justified on morphological grounds, since it is not obvious how we could describe the grammar of the genitive s inflection in English without saying that it's a Noun Phrase inflection."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”).

Etymology 2

From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”).

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