constituent

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English

Etymology

From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”); see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

constituent (not comparable)

  1. being a part, or component of a whole
    • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.
  2. authorized to make a constitution
    • (Can we date this quote by Junius and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.

Translations

Noun

constituent (plural constituents)

  1. a part, or component of a whole
    • (Can we date this quote by Tyndall and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.
  2. the person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs
    • (Can we date this quote by Sir M. Hale and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance.
  3. a resident of an area represented by an elected official
    • (Can we date this quote by Macaulay and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.
    • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.
  4. a voter of an area represented by an elected official
  5. a voter of a [political] candidate. A supporter of a cause
  6. (law) one who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
  7. (grammar) a functional element of a phrase or clause
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 65:
      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.

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Further reading

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin constituens.

Pronunciation

Adjective

constituent m or f (masculine and feminine plural constituents)

  1. constituent (being a part of a whole)

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

Verb

constituent

  1. third-person plural present/subjunctive of constituer

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cōnstituent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnstituō
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